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David Hastings is an Accounts Payable Specialist at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here he tells a little bit about himself, both personally and professionally.

Candace Vanderhoff spent over a decade founding businesses that aim to improve the environment. Vanderhoff previously had a greywater company prior to her current enterprise, Kaping, Inc., which makes the SoloBee, a pesticide-free nesting place for solitary native bees—the “unstung hero.”

Last month over 4,000 attendees gathered in downtown San Diego for the 9th annual ASU+GSV Summit. World leaders from over 40 countries joined innovative tech companies and education and workforce development professionals to discuss the future of education and the world

“I never thought I would know anyone from Microsoft,” said Desjonae Hixon, who spoke at Opportunity Summit 2018: Initiate alongside Carmen Summers, the Southwest Region Technical Sales Director for Microsoft Public Cloud. The panel brought together youth who shared their personal experiences alongside

On April 12, more than 750 changemakers met for Opportunity Summit 2018: Initiate to step up community efforts to reduce youth disconnection in San Diego County. The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) welcomed some of the brightest and hardest working

The AjA Project is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Diego. Their mission: transform youth and communities through artistic expression. Since its founding, the AjA Project has been a highly organized, resourceful and effective arts education nonprofit that uses participatory

Melinda Jackson is a Data Analyst at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here she tells a little bit about herself, both personally and professionally.  What professional moment or project are you most proud of? Having had the opportunity to work

Ahmed* was a medical doctor in his native Iraq. He, along with millions of others in areas occupied by ISIS, a jihadist group with historical ties to al-Qaeda, have fled from the violence and conflict to other cities and countries

This year, Vista Unified School District and the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) began a new partnership to start preparing Vista Unified students for the world of work early on in their learning experiences. At the high school level, this has

  It was a banner year for the San Diego Workforce Partnership at the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)’s The Forum 2018 in Washington, D.C., held March 24–27 and convening more than 1,200 workforce professionals from around the country.