Impact
Junior Achievement of Dallas is dedicated to cultivating life-long skill sets amongst the students we directly impact. Our programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills that equip students far beyond today. Junior Achievement of Dallas is passionate about building a brighter future for young people throughout our community.
3 Pillars of Student Success
WORK READINESS
JA’s immersive, volunteer-led work-readiness programs teach critical work skills that prepare young people for college, trade school, or the workforce. Whether job shadowing skilled mentors, testing their skills through digital experiences, or developing solutions during business challenges, JA students are prepared for the future of work.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
JA’s hands-on, role-playing financial-health programs expose young people to smart saving and investing, thoughtful spending and credit, the role of taxes, the value of employment and community involvement, and the opportunities of global trade. We prepare young people for lifelong financial health.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Through JA’s real-world entrepreneurship programs—the longest-running in the world—students work as a team to develop an innovative product or service, finance their startup business, creatively market their product, and launch their careers as entrepreneurs or intrapreneur.
Ana 'Karen Moreno-Flores has always had a strong commitment to change, education and financial literacy. In 2022, Ana 'Karen Moreno-Flores was honored and selected as the 2022 Junior Achievement of Dallas Student of the Year.
Ana 'Karen believed that financial literacy was her key to success and crucial for young adults to be independent in our evolving world. As a Battalion Commander of the Cardinal Battalion Unit for the 2021-2022 school year, Ana 'Karen understood the significance of Junior Achievement of Dallas influence and impact.
She understood the importance of financial management and how it became a catalyst for her to grow as a young adult.
Coming from a economically vulnerable household and now a student at Texas A&M University at College Station majoring in History, Ana 'Karen is dedicated to rising as a leader and educating others about her experience and the impact that Junior Achievement of Dallas has made in her life. her experience and the impact that Junior Achievement of Dallas has made in her life.