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A s a junior at Mililani High School, Raven Petersen attended her first Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration event, which was organized by Hawai‘i work- force development nonprofit ClimbHI. The connections she made inspired her to pursue a career in hospitality, and she graduated from the Kapi‘olani Community College hospital- ity program, as well as Arizona
participating schools, helping more than 3,000 students — and counting.
State University.
“I wasn’t sure what I wanted
In addition to organizing LEI events throughout Ha- wai‘i, which exposes high school students to potential careers, ClimbHI launched two major initiatives last year — a hospitality pathway certificate for the state Department of Ed- ucation’s career and technical education program, and the ClimbHI Bridge portal.
ClimbHI Bridge is an on- line portal that directly links students and teachers with career, internship and mentor- ship opportunities. More than 200 Hawai‘i businesses and nonprofits are currently offer- ing over 200 opportunities to
to do, and ClimbHI has helped me every step of the way in pursuing a career in the hospi- tality industry,” recalls Peters- en, who works in a food and beverage management position on O‘ahu.
Businesses, associations and nonprofits in Hawai‘i are en- couraged to visit climbhi.org/ portals or email info@climbhi. org to participate.
Founded in 2011, ClimbHI seeks to inspire students to finish high school and proceed to post-secondary education or employment by exposing them to future career paths and
The hospitality pathway certificate provides funda- mental skills for employment in the hospitality industry and beyond with a curriculum de-
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