Burst for Prosperity Stories
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Tokunbo Ajayi: Immigrant professionals connect with new opportunities
Internationally trained medical professionals who have trouble finding jobs in their field in the United States find support and opportunity through the Puget Sound Welcome Back Center. Tokunbo Ajayi, a doctor from Nigeria, shares his perspective.
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Mouy-ly Wong: Coaching helps students find paths to success
Burst for Prosperity’s Coaching for Prosperity training empowers frontline staff to help their clients identify their own strengths and paths to success. Academic advisor Mouy-ly Wong explains how she has used her coaching training to help her students.
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Hunter Eider: MicroSociety teaches students real-life skills
MicroSociety helps students at the Renton/Skyway Boys and Girls Club develop leadership and real-life skills. Seventh grader Hunter Eider talks about what he has learned and what he plans to do in the future.
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Meg Pitman: MicroSociety improves goal setting and academic performance
The Renton/Skyway Boys and Girls Club is Burst for Prosperity's MicroSociety pilot program. Executive Director Meg Pitman describes how MicroSociety has increased students' self-confidence and improved their goal-setting, leadership, and academic skills.
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Sherry Williams: Empowerment moves people out of poverty
Burst for Prosperity’s Prosperity Coaching Pilots are transforming the way frontline staff relate to their clients. Sherry Williams, now a successful nonprofit executive but once a single teenage mother on public assistance, explains what a difference coaching makes.
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Methodology
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Community Partners & Institutional Leaders
Burst for Prosperity staff works with the community to learn and research the systemic barriers of the low-income population.
Burst for Prosperity Stories
Skll Up Washington
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