Hope Training Academy Hope Training Academy (HTA) is an education training provider, owned and operated by Video Game Palooza (VGP). VGP is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping end the cycle of poverty and financial insecurity for individuals by leveraging scholastic Esports and high demand IT credentials leading to career attainment in STEM-related fields in a fun and relevant way. The HTA vision aims to uniquely engage non-traditional learners, prepare low income individuals, and first generation post-secondary students for high demand IT careers that launches them into successful adulthood. The Academy, as its name implies, was established to bring “Hope through education”. Education and training offered by HTA are designed to promote equitable economic opportunity for families.