About Us
Our Mission
Liberated Success centers on the needs of Black students, families, and educators to provide the tools for young adults to have career success. Through workforce development, intentional career exploration activities, experiences, and counseling support, young adults ages 14 - 24 will have the self-determination to make a liberated career choice.
Our North Star
Liberated Success is committed to equipping Black students with tools to reach their fullest/highest potential. Liberated Success expands upon traditional career development practices by expanding the internship model with:
- Community. We prioritize exposing students to adults in various industries with whom students can identify. Joining the Liberated Success community expands the student's network. Students will increase their social capital by establishing a minimum of two mentor relationships.
- Leadership. At Liberated Success, we focus on developing students' interpersonal skills that will make them an asset in any industry. All students participate in leadership development workshops to hone their soft skills.
- Exploration. Instead of telling students what they cannot achieve, we explore all career options and offer resources to help students achieve their goals. Students have access to career exploration assessments with support in interpreting data.
- Experience. To make this a truly enriching experience that does not place any stress on other responsibilities the student may have, thus we compensate our students for their talents and participation in all internship experiences. Students receive a minimum of $500 for virtual internship experiences.
If society defines career success as a combination of financial stability and finding work that brings one joy. Then we must guide the young people in our community to identify what they want in a career, provide the tools to achieve their goals, develop their interpersonal skills to thrive, excel, and broaden their views.