About

LA Promise Fund's Mission & Vision:

Mission: To improve academic achievement as well as college and career access and success for students in the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy, SLATE-Z, and beyond.
Vision: Students are successful in college, career and life by reducing education inequities and opportunity gaps.

Learn more about LA Promise Fund.

The Intern Project's Approach

The Intern Project (TIP) works to reduce inequities & opportunity gaps by providing public high school students across Los Angeles the opportunity to work in dynamic career areas through paid remote or on-site internships.

The Intern Project provides an opportunity for students to grow and for businesses to:

Build a diverse pipeline of future talent
Cultivate a healthy and supportive workplace culture
Invest in and generate social impact

Learn more about partnering with The Intern Project

HOST AN INTERN

Impact:

Over $665k Wages Earned

+ Companies Participated

+ Students Served

Our Current program:
The Intern Project Fall 2022: Career Exploration Program

High school students in south LA journey together to explore dynamic career pathways through an 8 week program. Students build up career experience and enhance communication, networking and professionalism through different career building workshops. Activities include job shadow, informational interviews, panel presentation, department meet and greets, sit in on meetings, skills workshop (communication, intro to software used, project management and planning, or a small skills based project). While getting paid & receiving college credit! Participating students will also have priority for our Summer Internship Program! Learn more about the program at our info session every Thursday 4:30pm-5:30pm. Sign up here for the info session:
https://forms.gle/w1UGvUAUwY16kJVs9
or apply for the program:
https://lafund.submittable.com/submit

Rolling Acceptances!
Apply now! Deadline is Sept 30th