Nonprofit Tech Training Program, NPower, Now Accepting Applications for its Virtual Fall Semester

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Nonprofit Tech Training Program, NPower, Now Accepting Applications for its Virtual Fall Semester

August 05
06:55 2021

The tech training nonprofit, ​NPower, has announced it is still accepting applications for the fall semester for young adults and veterans interested in taking free virtual training courses in technology. 

The NPower Tech Fundamentals Program is a FREE, 23-week training program with virtual instruction. The tech training program begins on September 7th.

NPower is dedicated to removing the obstacles under-served populations face when entering the technology industry while also determining what the industry needs to overcome these barriers to diversity. 100 percent of NPower students are unemployed or under-employed when they begin the program. 76 percent of NPower trainees identify as Black, Latinx or multicultural. 

The CEO of NPower, Bertina Ceccarelli, says the team at NPower is proud of their graduates, who tackled the challenges brought by the pandemic while completing rigorous coursework, exams, certifications, and professional development activities. 

“Each and every graduate had the ambition to turn their obstacles into stepping stones for a brighter career,” says Ceccarelli. “These young adult and veteran graduates have an advantage, as they take on a tech labor market that continues to grow.”

On July 28th, NPower honored 360 graduates from NPower programs across the country – Brooklyn, Harlem, Jersey City, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, St. Louis and San Jose. (Graduating students and family can watch the ceremony here).

The Chief Compliance Officer of Citigroup, Mary McNiff, served as commencement speaker for the Spring 2021 graduating class.

This was the third NPower class to transition from an in-person to a virtual learning environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. NPower has seen a 19 percent increase in their graduates this year compared to the first virtual graduation class in March 2020 when NPower transitioned to its first virtual training program. 

Teniola Akande graduated from NPower New Jersey in July 2021.

“I started from being a graduate who had difficulties in getting a job to interning at Google,” says Akande. “This would not have been possible without the guidance and support that I got from being at NPower.”

Joshua Murphy is another NPower graduate from Maryland serving in the U.S. Army National Guard and has recently landed a tech position with AeroTek. 

“Since completing the NPower program and obtaining multiple certifications, I have taken steps to translate my IT skills and experience in the military into my own business venture,” says Murphy. “I highly recommend NPower.”

Apply Now to Be A Part Of The Fall Class of 2021

The nonprofit organization will continue with its virtual training model as they recruit the incoming Fall Class of 2021. Applicants can apply now on the NPower website. The next class starts September 7th, 2021.

Congratulations to all NPower graduates from the Spring semester 2021.

Graduate Names by Region

​​California

Ryan Adair

Oscar Aguilar

Usman Amirov

Zachy Anyeneh

Leo Aranda

Adam Benitez

Conrad Blash

Kay Carter

Jane Chen

Oliver Chounlamany

Andres Cifuentes

Alec Clarke

Analicia Corella

Christine Culliinan

Parker Denos

Tommy Do

Adam Duran

Taj Exume

Adeleke Falade

Christopher Gize

Andre Guardado

Gabrielle Hannibal

Richard Henriquez

Jacob Hollen

Brian Huerta

David Johnson

Nassir Kaddoura

Minah  Kim

Nathan Partono

Shanise Perry

Reyna Pineda

Levon Randall

Adrianna Ravelaz

Jacob Rodriguez

Edwin Krishna

Feili Ma

Alex Maung

Aimee  Millard

Chadford Morris

Daniel  Murray

Shahin Najafi

Lynx Rose

Gorkhanath Sah

Jose Salazar

Emanuel Sandoval

Adrian Singh

Hartej Singh

Adrian Soliven

Reginald Stinson

Murtaza Naqvi

Olivia Nash

Huy Nguyen

Sanchit Nigudkar

Olga Novak

Shaughn Osborne

John Parrish

Bernard Thornton

Michael Urueta

Mauricio Valladares

Jesse Wen

Sarah Zhou

Iris Zurita

Maryland

Edward Agyabeng-Dadzie Jr.

Kofi Agyemang

Andrew Akintunde

Tourian Aldridge

Madison Ames-Gilbert

Ronnie Aquino

Irene Ataifo

Andy Ayuk

Fatiha Bakary

Eric Barnes

Boubakar Barry

Dyvonn Bell

Ryan Burns

Chastity Carter

Seneca Chavis

Kendrea Chiosi

Presley Cisse

Zane Cornoyer

Brianna Crockett

Magtanggol Tavion Delrosario

Priscilla Djarbeng

Elijah Ellis

Katriana Esquilin

Tierra Faulk

Kabrien Gaines

Heriberto Eddie Garcia

Genice Gilliam

Alexander Gough

Fares Hamed

Ghani Hanan-Muhammad

Juan Hayes

Tyler Micheal Henderson

Tommy Heredia Hernandez

Asia Hester

Abdulrahim Hiabu

Brandon Ingram

Mariah Iverson

Randolph Johnson

Tiffany Judd

Quilie  Kandakai

Anthony Kenny Jr

Marcus Malone

Bryan Maple Jr.

Patrick Martin

Taivonne Mathews-Wright

Sean McCaden

Khyja McCray

Zuole Meng

Joshua Murphy

Colin Ogle

Oluwaseyi Olugbade

Kishi Peart

Solomon Pierce

Rayona Price

Courteney Providence

Amir Ralph

Mario Ramirez

Rebecca Reyes

Jaezon Richardson

Jorge Santiago

Kevin Tambu

Mohammad Ullah

Suany Villatoro

Jasmine Whitaker

Tyler Williams-Page

Michigan

Joshua Ahlstrom

Zachary Anger

Samantha Barrera

Sierra Bentley

Marla Brown

KeShawn Craig

Simon Diratzouyan

Ashley Fallon

Andrew Glynn

Abraham Hamdan

Hoa Ho

Dorian Hughes

Eseroghene Jackson

Jacob Jackson

Carlise Jenkins

Alyese Johnson

Alexandria Jones

Derek Jones

Neeyah Jones

Fatema Jui

Max Kwiecien

Adam Mikolasik

Maxwell Morawa

Darrell Mungo

Percy Nowell

Arturo Omar Pena

Vuong Phan

Daisha Pointer

Robin Redley

T’Kai Savage

Jalen Spires

Alex Spurlock

Emari Tabb

Tristian Turner

Brie Widian

Camron Williams

Hosea Williamson Jr.

Kamrie Woods

Missouri

Justin Albisser

Mohamed Ali

Nyjah Bell

Jazmine Bell

Adlee Amir Benton

Tobias Billings

Rayna Boyd

Brennen Brinkmann

Corey Brogan

Steven Brown

Noah Bruns

Christian Burns

Darran Burnley

Cora De Board

Nola Fisher

Tyler Foote

Chyna Franklin

Celenda Gaskill

Keilah Gilbert

Terrence Griffin

Eduardo Guerrero

Ethan Hahn

Zylanae Henry

Anecia Henry

Audrey Henson

Omar Ismail

Se’ Vonne Jones

Kendall Jordan-DeDeaux

Tyler Kemp

KeAndrea Keys

Breanna Kidd

Raven Krist

Yusef Korkholov

Crystal Lumpkins

Travis Maiden

Elisha McLaughlin

Terron Moore Jr.

Meagan Murray

Tram Nguyen

Kaleb Parran

Antonio Pizzaro

Matthew Poe

Myles Pratt

Antawan Ross

Nickolas Sanguinetti

RaMon Silver

Andrew Smith

Chris Thomas

Dawn Wells

Tre’Shur Willingham

Ty Wilkes

New Jersey

Auborn Abiera

Hiba Ahmad

Teniola Akande

Amber Avila

Kenneth Barber

Jovonne Barclay

Matthew Cittadino

Cristian Cortes

Jermaine Council

Henry Curillo

Jean Derival

Jackie Deshommes

Zohaib Imtiaz

Andrew Kwon

Marshall Lindeblad

Christopher Lugo

Denzel Manongsong

Dariel Marine

Juan Mateo

Aliyah Mohammed

Debra Olurin

Matthew Outeiral

Andrew Park

Salvador Penate

Kaminie Persuad

Ivan Quinonez Jr

Alex Reitmeyer

Rohan  Shah

Andrew Souza

Anthony Stadick

Sergey Zabarin

New York

Edward Ajao

Joshua Albert

Syed Ali

Paul Allow

Joy Angbo

Pavel Angon

Jaleece Anthony

Mariah Arzu

Darwin Baez

Jessica Billingy

Malachi Blanchard

Jahhid  Boston

Miles Shawn Britt

Arturo Caceres

Leo Chavis

Andrew Cheuk

David Cho

Jake Collado

Dior Cortes

Treon Davis

Rigoberto Delgado-Luna

Mellissa Diaz

Nathaniel Dombrowski

Yuriy Dovhyy

Jeffry Duran

Starlyn Fabian

Eliecel  Fermin

Kevin Garvey

Nneke Haley

Davan Harvey

Mahira Hasan

Christopher Hernandez

Alex Huang

Syed Hussain

Salvador Jarquin

Farhin Kapadia

Ascanti Kingsberry

Jordan Kpatchavi

Justen Lam

Kyle Ledbetter

Carol Lu

Fang Lu

Kaylah Mack

Jaime Mercado

Mahad Mian

Elina Minaya

Jimmy  Morales

Nusrat Nawshin

Marcos Nunez

Raven Parker

Nasiba Paroma

Sebastian Paulino

Adrian Perez

Joseph Prince

Mohammed Rahman

Alawi Rashed

Sharib Rizvi

Robert Rodriguez

Nicholas Romero

Barbara Romualdo

Damaris Ruiz

Mohammed Sarker

Ashraf Sheikh

James Sheridan

Matthew Silva

Xavier Siu

Sayra Solis

Aaqib Tariq

Jonathan Tropnas

Vincent Truong

Jason Veloz

Jenny Zhang

Eric Zhao

Kenneth Zhen

Texas

Hellen Adu-Okai

Kapil Basyal

Mitchell Bynaum

Antonio Cardell

Larry Davis

Andrea Dixon

Bernard Dzekashu

Iris Fagan

Jim Foil

Timothy Fullbright

Yukari Fullbright

Jose Gonzalez

Raj Gurung

Sierra Hawkins

Kenneth Heard

Joseph Hill

Sumera Huebsch

Glenda Kenneth

Jonathan Jelliff

Charlie Jones

James Kelley

Perry Lens

Atasha Lewis

Justin Lindsey

Rimola Maharjan

Mary McGuire

Andrew Mora

Kimeisha Russell

Kusum Sharma

Kendrick Short

Patrick Simmonds

Amber Smedley

Charlotte Tchuidjang

Gwendoline Tebuenu

Marcos Valentin

Steven Williams

Cassandra Wong

About NPower

NPower is a national nonprofit on a mission to move people from poverty to the middle class by training youth from underserved communities and veterans in a range of tech skills and placing them in quality jobs. Students who enter their free, six-month program, earn industry-recognized certifications and graduate with the competencies of an IT professional with one to two years of experience. NPower also places students in paid internships with corporate and nonprofit organizations. Eighty percent of NPower graduates get a full-time job or continue their education. NPower’s free tech training programs for under-served communities are located in Brooklyn, Harlem, Baltimore, Jersey City, Newark, Detroit, Dallas, St. Louis, and San Jose.

To learn more visit www.npower.org 

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