Entrepreneurship isn’t just for adults.

Our guest, Ayele Shakur, is the CEO of BUILD.org, a national nonprofit whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities and propel them to high school, college, and career success.

BUILD’s unique program offers students a four-year entrepreneurship experience designed to reinforce the Common Core, develop 21st Century Skills and motivate student engagement in school.

Starting in 9th grade, BUILD students work with their peers and community mentors to develop business ideas, pitch to funders, and launch real businesses.

Ayele brings over three decades of experience as an innovator in urban education. A veteran classroom educator, she taught for 11 years in the Los Angeles area and in the Boston Public Schools, and her writing has also been featured in The Hill, WBUR, Commonwealth, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

To learn more about BUILD visit: https://build.org/
To donate to BUILD: https://build.org/donate/
Educators - learn more here: https://build.org/programs/
To volunteer at BUILD: https://build.org/volunteer/
To mentor at BUILD: https://build.org/mentor/

Connect with Ayele and follow BUILD here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/build/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayeleshakur/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BUILDNational https://twitter.com/ayeleshakur
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildorg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BUILD.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BUILDorg

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