Thrive: The Power of Youth Apprenticeship

Thrive: The Power of Youth Apprenticeship

From Good Things from Lemonada by Lemonada Media

April 28, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of youth apprenticeships in providing young people with career opportunities and skills before finishing school.

What if young people could earn a paycheck, build real skills, and start a career – all before finishing school? Youth apprenticeships make it possible, but too few young people can access these opportunities. In the fifth episode of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's series on what young people need to thrive, host Gloria Riviera speaks with two guests who are making the case for how apprenticeships can open doors to opportunity, mentorship and high-quality career pathways: Laura Burgher, an Annie E. Casey Foundation program associate, and Chris Grant, who started his CareerWise apprenticeship at Mastercard at 16 and is now a full-time product designer there. This episode was made possible with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an organization that develops solutions to build a brighter future for children, youth, families and communities. Learn more at aecf.org.

People in this episode

Host: Gloria Riviera

Guests: Laura Burgher, Chris Grant

Topics covered

  • youth apprenticeship
  • career pathways
  • mentorship
  • skills development
  • education

Keywords

  • youth
  • apprenticeship
  • career
  • skills
  • mentorship
  • education
  • opportunity

Sponsors

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Mastercard

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