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Building students capacity to aspire to any and every career Tackling generational poverty through high school workforce development Flare Educations program is designed to break The Funnel Squeeze a series of challenges that high school students face when preparing for their future in the workforce We help students develop durable skills build social capital and improve their financial literacy so that our alumni can find jobs with gross annual income at or above 60000 Our Students Our students reside in the Greater Boston area and attend one of our 8 partner schools. They spend 36 months with our team building durable skills and each receives 3 separate internship experiences at Greater Bostonbased employers Our alumni enroll in pathway programs e. g. 4year college 2year college credentialing bootcamps when they graduate from Flare Education and continue to receive internship CoOp and workstudy experiences from Flare Education so they can find and place into jobs that build generational wealth Our Employers We partner with top employers in the Greater Boston area by working with key executives department heads internship supervisors and other culture carriers to host internships and engage in volunteering initiatives Our partnership model focuses on building participants management skills through training and building employers cultural competency We work with employers like Wayfair Blueprint Medicines and Coverys Insurance to build 5to7year pipeline programs and foster an intergenerational workforce Our Volunteers We provide caring and compassionate adults with unique opportunities to build meaningful relationships with students in our group mentorship skills coaching and panel discussion and speed networking programs Our volunteering programs focus on creating winwin opportunities for career professionals to both drive impact for students and also learn skills related to mentorship apprenticeship management and inclusion Richard Chang Principal at Josiah Quincy Upper School Flare Education provides critical training and experiences for our high needs students helping close the opportunity and achievement gaps Paul Chastell TVP of RD Onshape Atlas at PTC Fostering diversity in technology requires early career education and opportunities for students that translate into real careers Kevin McCaskill Former Executive Director at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Flare Education provides our students with great opportunities to participate in the economies of scale being created by biotechnology and technology companies Chris Garabedian CEO at Xontogeny and Former CEO at Sarepta Therapeutics The biotechnology industry needs to focus on developing a diverse talent pool by providing students from overlooked communities exposure to career and employment opportunities Flare Education Inc.