Gladeo

Founder Michelle Cho had served many years as a mentor and volunteer in low-income communities when she realized that her students had so few career role models. Their awareness often started with what their older siblings did and ended with what they saw on TV. (e.g. professional athlete or musician) They often relied primarily on their teachers and counselors for any further career exploration. However, in low-income neighborhoods, schools don't have as many career resources and high school counselors are stretched dangerously thin. In California, the student-to-counselor ratio is 954:1. Moreover, career and college counseling is merely one of their many responsibilities. Michelle believed that every student, no matter where they came from, should have the chance to find a career that’s right for them, and that the counselors who were there to guide them needed better tools and resources. 

Matching her deep experience in media and entertainment with this need, Michelle created Gladeo to introduce career options to students by creating rich, engaging multimedia content with her team and conducting career exploration workshops for schools and community-based non-profits in low-income communities. 

Please go to www.gladeo.org for more information.