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Americans 4 Equality (A4E) is an AI-first nonprofit serving WA & OR — delivering free career navigation, skills training, and workforce development to immigrants, refugees, single parents, youth & second-chance populations.

On August 25, Russell Kimball did something most visitors don't. He came to ask the questions.Russell owns Evergreen Sta...
09/01/2026

On August 25, Russell Kimball did something most visitors don't. He came to ask the questions.

Russell owns Evergreen State Sheet Metal, along with two other companies. When he visited our office, he flipped the usual script. Instead of only speaking to our interns, he sat down to learn from them, going person to person and asking each intern about their long-term goals and where they see technology and the industry heading.

He shared his own path along the way, and how companies like his have evolved in their outlook on the industry over the years. But the part that stuck was the direction of the conversation. He wanted to hear how the next generation sees the future, and he gave every intern in the room the space to say it out loud.

That kind of two-way exchange is rare, and it's valuable. Being asked what you think, by someone who has built real businesses, is its own kind of encouragement.

Thank you, Russell, for your time and for a genuinely two-way conversation.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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A.T. already had a strong foundation in healthcare. She came to us to add tech to it.Coming from the medical field, A.T....
08/31/2026

A.T. already had a strong foundation in healthcare. She came to us to add tech to it.

Coming from the medical field, A.T. spent three months in our Warp 10 program building tech skills on top of an already impressive base. Her dedication didn't go unnoticed. By the end of the program, she'd earned a program award recognizing her outstanding work.

That instinct to keep building is a smart one. Healthcare and technology keep moving closer together every year, and A.T. is ready for where that road leads. She isn't trading one field for another. She's building the rarer thing, a real footing in both.

We provide the training. The drive to add to what she already had was all hers, and we're thankful to be part of it.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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Frankie describes life after cancer as living in a cocoon. Our Warp 10 program became part of how they stepped back out....
08/28/2026

Frankie describes life after cancer as living in a cocoon. Our Warp 10 program became part of how they stepped back out.

Frankie W. came to us with a deep background: an engineer and a longtime teacher who spent years in classrooms, from K-12 all the way to higher ed. But the most powerful lesson they brought came from life itself. As a cancer survivor, Frankie said the program challenged them to take risks again, and to ask for help.

What they found along the way is worth sharing. In their own words, ""vulnerability is strength."" And their advice to anyone sitting on the fence is simple: don't hesitate. The program will challenge you, but it equips you with skills and confidence you didn't know you had.

We provide the training. The courage to step back out into the world was theirs, and we're honored to have been part of it.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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On August 24th, Isaac Roybal, Chief Marketing Officer at Seclore, sat down with our interns to talk about finding great ...
08/27/2026

On August 24th, Isaac Roybal, Chief Marketing Officer at Seclore, sat down with our interns to talk about finding great mentors and breaking into the industry.

Isaac walked them through his own path into tech. The drive and the work were his own, but the right mentors were an invaluable part of his development, sharpening his thinking and opening perspectives he wouldn't have found alone. His advice was to seek those people out early and learn everything you can from them.

He also left them with a phrase from his own start. When he was beginning, he learned to simply ask people to "help me start my career." Four plain words that gave mentors an easy way to say yes, and opened doors for him.

He touched on the cycles of tech too, the booms and the busts, and how those same waves may return as AI reshapes the field. But the message the interns carried out was the first one: find great mentors, and don't be afraid to ask for the help that gets you in the door.

Thank you, Isaac, for the visit and the wisdom you shared with our team.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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On August 24, we said thank you and best of luck to Lloyd, who is moving on to new opportunities abroad.Lloyd built the ...
08/26/2026

On August 24, we said thank you and best of luck to Lloyd, who is moving on to new opportunities abroad.

Lloyd built the way our interns prepare for the room. He designed our resume writing and review process from the ground up, and spent countless hours coaching interns through it, sharpening their resumes and getting them ready for real interviews. When one of our interns walks into a room prepared, a piece of that is Lloyd's work.

And it doesn't leave with him. The process he built stays behind, and every future intern who prepares for an interview here will be standing on the foundation he laid. That's the mark of someone who built something bigger than his own time with us.

A Resource Planning Analyst at Amazon with a master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Lloyd brought real rigor to everything he touched. We were lucky to have him on the team.

Thank you, Lloyd. Best of luck on everything ahead.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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Running a security company is already more than a full-time job. W.C. did it and showed up to learn anyway.W.C. runs his...
08/26/2026

Running a security company is already more than a full-time job. W.C. did it and showed up to learn anyway.

W.C. runs his own security firm, working overnight and daytime shifts to keep it going. Even with that schedule, he was at every session of our Warp 10 program, building his cybersecurity skills with a clear goal in mind: merge what he's learning with the physical security business he already built.

That's a specific kind of drive. He isn't starting over. He's adding to something he leads, because growth doesn't stop just because you're already in charge.

We provide the training. The vision for what to do with it is all his. We're glad to be part of it.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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On August 19, Jeremy Sackett visited our office and gave our interns something you can't get from a curriculum: a real c...
08/25/2026

On August 19, Jeremy Sackett visited our office and gave our interns something you can't get from a curriculum: a real career map.

Jeremy is an Area Service Leader for Idaho at GE Healthcare, but he didn't start in healthcare tech. He came up through the fitness industry. What carried him from one field to the next, across different roles and different parts of the country, came down to two things he kept returning to: building genuine connections with good people, and putting in the work to back them up.

His advice to our interns was refreshingly direct. Network with great people, and learn how to market yourself. Your skills open the first door, but the relationships you build and the way you present your value are what keep opening the next ones.

For people early in their careers, that's a lesson worth hearing from someone who has actually lived it.

Thank you, Jeremy, for the visit and the wisdom you shared with our team.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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L.C. graduated from our Warp 10 program. Then she went further.After finishing the program, L.C. joined our internship a...
08/24/2026

L.C. graduated from our Warp 10 program. Then she went further.

After finishing the program, L.C. joined our internship and worked on our AI Chatbot project. She learned applied artificial intelligence hands-on, figuring out how to test a chatbot from the ground up. In her words, the work was """"eye-opening.""""

She told us the practical knowledge and technical foundations she built are things she'll carry throughout her career. What she says she'll miss most is the camaraderie and the standard of excellence the team held. We'll miss her too, and the door stays open.

We provide the training and the hands-on projects. What L.C. did with them was all her. We're thankful to have had her on the team.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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Between raising her kids and everything else on her plate, Sharice didn't have three months to spare. She made them anyw...
08/21/2026

Between raising her kids and everything else on her plate, Sharice didn't have three months to spare. She made them anyway.

Sharice M. is a single mother, and she carved time out of a full life to take on our Warp 10 program, three months of in-person sessions with work in between. She didn't just start it. She finished it.

And she isn't stopping. Sharice is planning to come back for Warp 1 to keep building her skills. That decision to return, on top of everything she's already carrying, says everything about who she is.

We provide the training. The determination to make time for it was all hers. We're thankful to be part of her path.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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Some students set the pace for everyone else. Katrina was one of them.Through three months of our in-person Warp 10 prog...
08/19/2026

Some students set the pace for everyone else. Katrina was one of them.

Through three months of our in-person Warp 10 program, Katrina B. was always early, always prepared, and always asking the questions that got the whole room thinking. She didn't just do the work. She pulled her study group up with her.

That drive didn't stop at graduation. Katrina is still building: stacking LinkedIn Learning courses, digging into AI prompting, and setting her sights on the CompTIA Security+ exam. She told us the program gave her the boost she was after. What she does with it is all her.

We provide the training. The momentum is hers. We're thankful to have been part of it.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

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