Inspiring Success

A blog from Creating IT Futures

September 30, 2019

What’s your untold success story?

Joshua Eyaru is a technologist from Uganda working at Creating IT Futures as part of his Atlas Corps fellowship. He recently attended the 2019 National TSA Conference and has been writing about his experience for our blog.
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March 7, 2019

IT-Ready graduate proves America really is where any dream can become a reality

Growing up in Liberia, Nyankoi Solo Ngungkpan dreamed of someday living in America and working with technology. IT-Ready helped make his dream come true.
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November 13, 2018

When Life Is Good

IT-Ready’s only married-couple alumni, Sherlana and Harold Monestime, reflect on how the program changed their lives, for the better.
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April 5, 2018

Former Army intelligence analyst finds perfect civilian tech job

IT-Ready gave Jonathan Parsons the tools he needed to deploy his military experience into a civilian tech role that earned family-sustaining wages.
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January 11, 2018

Overcoming Doubts, Another IT-Ready Class Launches into their Tech Careers

Initially wondering if IT-Ready could live up to its promises to get them prepared for a tech career in 8 weeks, another class of Minnesota graduates proved that IT-Ready lives up to the hype.

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November 1, 2017

Navy veteran credits IT-Ready for flourishing civilian career

When Brittian McIntosh left the Navy with electronics expertise and professional commendations, he assumed his transition into the civilian workforce would be an easy one. It wasn’t. IT-Ready gave McIntosh skills and credentials to kick start a new career.

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