Entrepreneurship is the spark. College, career and life success are the goals.
BUILD is an entrepreneurship program for underserved high school students that teaches them how to build their own business while becoming the CEO of their own lives.
Bridging Communities
We connect our young entrepreneurs to a network of volunteer mentors from the business world who light a path along the way, creating access and opportunity.

Being Latino at a Predominantly White Institution | Diversity & Social Action, Article #3September 19, 2023This Blog Post is from BUILD Alumni, Hamid Cruz Born and raised in the Bronx, I was always surrounded by other students of similar backgrounds to mine. Low-income areas of […]Read More

Google Hosts BUILD Pittsburgh’s Teacher FellowshipSeptember 6, 2023From Mike Capsambelis, Director of Product Management & Community Outreach Lead at Google. “We help students become the CEOs of their own lives.” – Rashaida Melvin I’m so excited […]Read More

BUILD.org Announces the Winning Team of the BUILDFest Metro DC Pitch ChallengeJuly 24, 2023BUILD.org declared the winning high school team, Choice 1 Landz from Roosevelt S.T.A.Y. Academy, the first-place winner of the 2023 BUILDFest Metro D.C. Youth Pitch Challenge. The final round of […]Read More