Kaiser Permanente invites students to explore healthcare careers during a four-week KP YEAH! summer program that will include meetings with doctors, nurses and other professionals, and opportunities to experience a high-tech “Sim Lab” and simulations in Kaiser’s operating rooms.
As a young, black female architect, Gabrielle Riley is aware she stands out in a profession long dominated by older white males. That’s why it’s important for her, as PWA board secretary, to reach out to young people of color and encourage them to see themselves doing the same kind of creative, well-paying work as her.
During his long tenure on the PWA board, JR Gustafson has sought to leverage Nike’s considerable resources for the benefit of public high school students in the Portland metro area.
Smiles on the faces of students and their hosts at the Portland Fire & Rescue Training Center spoke volumes during an action-packed PWA Career Day, one of several hosted by Portland-area employers in October.
Janet Rodriguez got involved with Portland Workforce Alliance as a volunteer mock interviewer five years ago. Now she hopes to build on that experience as a new PWA board member.
