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ACE Cash Express Partners with JA to Introduce Students to JA Connect Learning Pathways
Populus Financial Group presents a $15,000 donation to Jan Murfield, JA Dallas president, at J.O. Davis Elementary School Populus Financial Group partnered with Junior Achievement to teach students activities related…
Read MorePlanting New Roots So We Can Grow
Junior Achievement of Dallas is one of 15 non-profit organizations that will be moving into the Water Cooler at Pegasus Park early next year, having been selected after completing a…
Read MoreJA Dallas Alumnus Highlight: Adan Gonzalez
Founder & Executive Director, Puede Network Adan Gonzalez, a JA Dallas Alumnus and 2011 JA Dallas Student of the Year, has accomplished a lot since graduation. He is a living…
Read MoreChecking In, JA Alumni Spotlight: Yakin Vargas, JA Dallas of The Year
About Yakin Vargas: Yakin Vargas is an all around all-star, a soccer and volleyball player, 4.2 GPA, member of the National Honor Society, and Student Council Representative, amongst other accomplishments…
Read MoreJA Counselor, Educator & Veteran Spotlight: Monica Pedroza
About Monica Pedroza: Monica Pedroza has been an educator and counselor for Irving Independent School District since 1999. Before becoming an educator, she served our country in Army for 24…
Read MoreDisability Awareness & Advocacy
About Reverend Justin Hancock: He is an ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church, with long experience working with young people as both the college pastor at St. John’s United…
Read MoreJA Dallas Volunteer Spotlight: Irum Jones
About Irum Jones: She is a woman that inspires us to live in our Ikigai; a Japanese mindfulness practice that combines the joy from doing everything with a sense of…
Read More2021 JA Dallas Business Hall of Fame Laureates Officially Inducted
Junior Achievement Inducts Mark Cuban, Valerie Freeman, and Roland Parrish into Dallas Business Hall of Fame® FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DALLAS (March 2, 2021) – Junior Achievement of Dallas (JA Dallas)…
Read MoreJA Dallas Launches JA Inspire Virtual Career Exploration Fair for North Texas Students
Junior Achievement Launches JA Inspire Virtual Career Exposition for North Texas Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DALLAS — (March 16, 2021) Junior Achievement of Dallas (JA Dallas) launched its first virtual…
Read More2021 JA Student of The Year: Yakin Vargas
Yakin Vargas is an all around all-star, a soccer and volleyball player, 4.2 GPA, member of the National Honor Society, and Student Council Representative, amongst other accomplishments and accolades. She…
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