“WETATi Academy opens pathways; it offers a mindset that you are able to be your own business owner …WETATi Academy has the passion to make things happen.”
– Alfonso Pearson, VP, JPMorgan Chase, Strategic Partner, WETATi Academy Board Member & Financial Literacy and Workforce Development Instructor
“Dr. Dureke, we appreciate you taking time from your schedule to visit with us. Your entrepreneurial story was impressive and inspiring. Your words with the students help to prepare them for their learning experience this semester and as well assist them as they navigate their work, leadership, and entrepreneurial journey.”
– Ruth Lewis, Southern Management Leadership Program, Program Director, Prince George’s Community College
WETATi Academy… Where Classroom Meet Practical.
Educating and Empowering low-to-moderate income students on how to become financially independent.
“The WETATi Academy Evergreen digital program logic model is fantastic. It’s not just a brief overview. There is a pretty in-depth breakdown in the key things you would need in real life. You will learn pretty much what you need to know because it is broken down in doable pieces. Easy to digest and detailed. You walk away with a level of understanding that you didn’t have before.”
– Jimmie Jones, VP, Truist Bank, Strategic Partner, WETATi Academy Board Member & Financial Literacy and Workforce Development Instructor
“WETATi Academy is a powerful organization that provides opportunity for the youth who have big dreams to achieve the impossible….In partnership with Nyumburu Cultural Center, UMCP, every year WETATi Academy gives students scholarships in my honor in appreciation for my contribution to the organization, because it is my philosophy in life that if, I can help someone, then my life is not in vain…”
Anne Reese Carswell, Associate Director, Nyumburu Cultural Center, University of Maryland College Park, Godmother of WETATi Academy.
“WETATi Academy is a great hub for creating changemakers in our young people today as they create an interactive platform where they show the students the way to strengthen the execution of their ideas and connect them with the proper mentors to make their dreams a reality.”
– Deepa Deshpande, Associate Program Director, Becton, Dickinson (BD), and WETATi Academy Board Member
