Community Speakers

Connecting students and school in New Mexico
with "real-life people in real-life places doing real-life work."

Click on the links below to learn more about community speakers.

Nepris
Virtual Speakers

Nepris connects teachers and students with the right industry experts, virtually, without having to spend much planning time or leaving the classroom while providing an effective way for companies to extend education outreach and create equity of access.

Code.org
Industry Volunteers

Find a local tech volunteer
to speak to your class either in person or remotely. If there aren't any local volunteers available, search for volunteers in other cities who can participate remotely through a video conference.

NMCareers.org
Speaker Links

The Community Learning Network is dedicated to "real-life" learning and celebrates the wisdom that resides in our own communities by connecting students and teachers with local professionals through the New Mexico Career Profiles project.

Community Speakers Highlights ~ in New Mexico

C.E.O Jack Vigil
speaks
at GEAR UP Student leadership Conference

CEO of Harmonix Technologies Jack T. Vigil spoke to more than 130 students about his journey to success during GEAR UP New Mexico's 2016 Student Leadership Conference. A graduate of Peñasco High School and Northern New Mexico College, Vigil shared his experiences of overcoming hardship and using hard work and determination to reach his goals. In 2005,  Jack Vigil started an IT company building highly sophisticated IT networks for complex systems including educational, governmental, civic, and business organizations. Harmonix Technologies has been  a “Debt-Free” Company without any outstanding business loans or liabilities as of 2007 and ended 2007 with over $3.5 million dollars in gross profit, increasing 400% of revenue in just over 2 years of business. By the age of 23, he was one of the youngest Minority Vice Presidents in the United States.  Jack was honored to receive an award as the Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In union with his own professional accomplishments, Harmonix Technologies was ranked the #1 Service Provider for E-rate Funding in 2007, and has received multiple recognitions and awards locally and nationally.

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