25 Years From Now
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Be Part of the Next 25 Years
Every i.c.stars cohort ends the same way. Participants stand up and deliver a speech. Not about where they are today, but where they'll be 25 years from now. The company they'll build. The people they'll bring with them. The impact they'll create.
Isisel is a recent i.c.stars graduate. In her Dream Speech, she described her future self as a leader at a fintech company — one where half of her hires are women from nontraditional backgrounds, career changers, and mothers returning to the workforce.
"Not because anyone asked me to — but because I remember what it was like to need someone to bet on you."
Watch her deliver her Dream Speech.
What Isisel needed wasn't charity. It was access. A door opened. A bet placed on someone the traditional pipeline never would have found.
That's what i.c.stars has done for more than 25 years in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Kansas City. We find people with the ability to succeed in tech who simply haven't had the opportunity to prove it.
Isisel delivered her Dream Speech. Your gift makes sure the next person gets to deliver theirs.