Urban Ed, Inc. provides technical, career, business, and educational training and development to low-to-no income women and youth in the DC region, with the goal of transforming lives through technology. Urban Ed is especially focused on empowering women of color in tech, focusing specifically on young mothers of color through its launch of a 3-year plan to boost female enrollments and improve their employment and income earning opportunities in the expanding and lucrative STEM and IT careers.
Starting with just one career pathway and two global certifications, today Urban Ed has evolved to 29 courses and six career pathways covering cybersecurity, IT support, network engineering, cloud computing, software development, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence. Urban Ed has gained the trust and participation of the DC Government and has rallied global support from multinational companies across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, connecting over 40 tech and engineering professionals to mentor and assist Urban Ed’s students.
Urban Ed has served over 6,300 students, providing over 985,000 hours of technical, career, business, and educational skills enhancements, including integrated non-technical job readiness, professional development such as financial literacy, and communication skills. Throughout its history, 75% of those served by Urban Ed have been between 14 and 24 years old.
