Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Inc.

During the 2023-24 school year, Junior Achievement of New Mexico will reach 10,400 of New Mexico's students and 460 classes with our financial and career education programs, with a majority of those students coming from communities with lower employment rates and being classified as LMI.

Of those 10,400 students, over 800 students will participate in JA Job Shadow for a meaningful and immersive career exploration and work readiness experience.

Junior Achievement of New Mexico will recruit, train and steward 350+ volunteers to provide our Classroom-Based and Job Shadow Programs during the 2022-23 school year.

Provide a delivery model in partnership with educators and the business community
Deepen relationships to ensure young people have multiple Junior Achievement experiences
Provide experience-based learning to enable students to gain knowledge through a variety of age-appropriate hands-on activities to help them understand the relationship between school learning and successful participation -- application in our economy.

Junior Achievement of New Mexico has 30 years in New Mexico which has allowed us to grow deep partnerships with local businesses and community members. Additionally, we provide standards-aligned curriculum that our volunteers are trained to teach. This unrivalled model allows our over-worked and under-paid educators to enrich their students' learning without sacrificing content standards and having to prepare new material.

For the 2022 - 2023 School Year, 85% of JA participants agree that their JA Program helped them see more possibilities for their future.

We served 8,777 students. We partnered with 328 volunteers. We facilitated 363 courses and program events. We supported 284 educators. We provided students with over 37,000 contact hours, learning critical financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurial skills.