Jessica Mason Empowers Teenagers at JA Business Week
What happens when you mix 13 diverse high school teenagers from across Colorado with one adult volunteer mentor and ask them to complete a team project by the end of the week? The result could […]
“The energy in the room was truly miraculous”
The afternoon before Mocktails started off with an empowering and captivating presentation about how to shape your own personal network from Ray Harman and Gary Sugar. The dorms then filled with the hustle and bustle […]
2006 scholarship recipient has “come full circle”
After attending the annual JA Inspiration Scholarship Student Event this past week I was asked to reflect on my experience with JA. It all started when I attended JA Business Week in 2006 where I […]
“I love seeing different concepts actually click”
Not only is Courtney Sipperley busy at Jackson National Life Insurance as an External Communications Specialist, but she is also busy coordinating volunteer involvement with Junior Achievement throughout the year. Being the selfless, well rounded […]
“JA helped reignite the burning desire I have to be in business”
Growing up I idolized my aunt Juana. She ran a little convenience store and a pawning business out of her living room. Her life was the epitome of rag to riches. I knew I wanted […]
“Despite our hesitance, we listened, and boy did we learn”
It was freshman year and our economics class entered to a Junior Achievement volunteer ready to teach us about business ethics. Honestly, as 14 year old freshmen, we didn’t think business ethics to be terribly […]
“I knew that I would be successful from all the learning”
I was once a regular old student at Aurora Hills Middle School. I’d come every morning to afternoon filling my head with learning almost a perfunctory for me. I’d come home and would be oblivious […]
