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Helping NYC Students Acquire Social Capital Through Paid Summer Internships and
One-on-One Mentorships

Our mission is to help high achieving, high potential students from some of New York City’s most underserved and underrepresented communities gain social capital and workplace readiness skills to broaden their horizons.

Our vision is to empower First Workings students to overcome many of the structural barriers that typically limit upward social-economic mobility.

We accomplish this by partnering with leaders from a wide variety of industries who provide our students with specialized training, paid internships, or one-on-one mentorships.

“I started First Workings when I saw the lack of opportunity and inequality for underserved youth able to get first internships and experience in the workforce. Those jobs most went to children of clients or affluent teens. I wanted to level the playing field and we are!”

Kevin Davis, Founder
First Workings

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Thank you to @forbes for sharing our student and mentor stories! #HispanicHeritage #HispanicMentorship

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Thrilled to see @Momentum_Comm client @FirstWorkings featured in this @Forbes article on the importance of mentorship for Hispanic youth. https://twitter.com/MarkPerna/status/1449000924895133727

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The October Alumni Spotlight goes to Lemuel Burgos, First Workings 2015 Alumni, who recently accepted a full-time offer from his First Workings high school internship provider, LCM Commodities! ...Congratulations Lemuel! #fullcircle #alumnispotlight #socialcapital #firstimpression

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This week's #HispanicHeritageMonth spotlight goes to Sylvia Mendez, a civil rights activist of Mexican-Puerto Rican descent who paved the way for integration in schools in 1946. In 2011, Sylvia ...was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #civilrights #integration

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FW Alumni, are you looking for summer internships, or full-time job opportunities? Our partners at @Tradeweb are hosting an information session just for you! You do not need prior experience in ...Finance or FinTech, just a hunger to learn! Check your emails for more details!

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October Alumni Programming is here! FW Alumni, check your emails for more details, and instructions on how to get involved!

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This week's #HispanicHeritageMonth spotlight goes to Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic American to serve as a member of the Supreme Court. A Bronx native of Puerto Rican descent, Sonia earned ...a full ride to Princeton, before going to law school at Yale!

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Alumni, check out this month's blog post, Tips for Senior year of High School! https://firstworkings.org/tips-for-senior-year-of-high-school/

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Attention high school seniors, the deadline to submit your @questbridge scholarship application is tomorrow! First Workings wishes you the best of luck!
#scholarship #questbridge #collegebound

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Thank you @SThreeplc for including First Workings Alumni in your #CareerSupportWeek! Alumni, are you taking advantage of this opportunity? #mockinterview #careersupport #firstworkings

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Helping NYC Students Acquire Social Capital Through Paid Summer Internships and
One-on-One Mentorships

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First Workings’ Kevin Davis Published in CEO World Magazine

Virtual Fundraiser Raises Over $100,000 Benefiting First Workings

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Helping NYC Students Acquire Social Capital Through Paid Summer Internships and One-on-One Mentorships

YOUR HELP MAKES A DIFFERENCE

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First Workings’ Kevin Davis Published in CEO World Magazine

Virtual Fundraiser Raises Over $100,000 Benefiting First Workings

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Work's a Dream

Helping NYC Students Acquire Social Capital Through Paid Summer Internships and
One-on-One Mentorships