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Powering a
SKILLED
Generation
We equip young adults with entrepreneurial thinking, tech pathways, and professional and personal skills to uplevel their lives.
Latest Blog Highlights
Why Project Management Is the Secret Skill Behind So Many Careers
The job hunt can feel overwhelming when it’s unclear what roles fit your skills — many job titles overlap, knowledge needs vary, and transferable strengths are often hidden.
Teaming Up with Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan to Build Tomorrow’s Marketing Leaders
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Youthful Impact are teaming up to power real-world career pathways, enhancing employability among local youth through hands-on training in digital marketing and innovation.
Skill Up, Connect, & Level Up Campaign to Build Better Futures
Bridgeport youth are building their futures with Google Career Certificates, gaining in-demand skills, college credits, and career opportunities across today’s fastest-growing industries.
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Real Stories of Impact
At just 17, Kamila is already charting a new future.
With sharp ambition and a contagious energy, she’s on her way to becoming a real estate broker, lawyer, and college graduate. Through Youthful Impact, Kamila earned her Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate — unlocking 9 to 12 college credits and setting the foundation for a lifetime of leadership.
Five months into her pregnancy, after overcoming unimaginable challenges, one young mother arrived at Malta House — a residential home for young mothers — and chose a new path forward. Through Youthful Impact, she earned her Professional Certificate in Digital Marketing (Spanish track) and completed her first business project: designing hiking pants for active mothers. In an extraordinary week, she delivered her final presentation, opened her first bank account at CHASE, and prepared to welcome her child — all just days before giving birth. She didn’t just bring new life into the world; she launched a new chapter of financial independence and resilience.
Jose didn’t just learn IT skills — he built a bridge between his dreams and reality.
Through Youthful Impact, he earned his Google IT Support Certificate, gaining tech and business skills while earning college credits. Inspired by his love of baseball, Jose is designing an app to connect parents and coaches — and he plans to integrate a virtual assistant into it. “Learning IT has been tough, but I’m excited about what’s next,” he says. His journey is just beginning.
Get involved Urban youth need entrepreneurial problem-solving mindset, tech and AI fluency, and 21st Century skills — not just to survive, but to shape the world ahead.
Who we are Promote the Youth VOICE
Youthful Impact is nationally recognized for its hands-on, participatory learning approach — building business skills, tech and AI fluency, and a lasting foundation of self-directed learning and advocacy.
What we do How we Help
High-tech
Platform
Cutting-edge curriculum by Ivy League educators.
Entrepreneurial-Mindset
Stories and input from successful entrepreneurs, feedback from leaders and local business professionals.
Cutting-Edge
System
Quality training, coaching sessions, live events, and games to build skills and competencies
Business
Coaches
Promote youth empowerment and guide youth in developing their knowledge, skills, and vision.
