The tech training nonprofit ​NPower has announced Timicka Anderson, Global Industry Head of Consumer Products and Retail at Citi, will be the commencement speaker at this year’s virtual graduation ceremony honoring young adults and veteran trainees who completed the tech training program.

The virtual graduation ceremony for the Spring  2022 cohort will take place on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 7 pm EST. 372 young adults and military trainees from regions across the US will be honored for their study of technology leadership. The graduation ceremony will honor graduates from Brooklyn, Harlem, Jersey City, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, St. Louis, and San Jose.

Families, partners, and alumni who would like to watch the virtual ceremony can RSVP here. 

Through a client-centered approach and deep commitment to relationship-building, Anderson serves as an inspirational leader, dedicated to exceptional service and global progress. 

This is the fifth NPower class to transition from an in-person to a virtual learning environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first virtual graduation was in August 2020. 

NPower will continue its virtual training model throughout 2022. Applicants can apply now on the NPower website. The next class starts in Summer 2022. Young adults, ages 18-26 and military veterans and their spouses can apply to the Fall 2022 class by clicking here.

Timicka is Co-Chair of the Command Shift Coalition with NPower – a national consortium of women and allies that advocate for strategies that invest in and inspire the advancement of young women of color in tech careers.

She said she hopes to inspire this year’s graduating class to leverage their personal experiences and diversity and to pay it forward.

“Our students have demonstrated a track record of analytical problem-solving, strategic vision-setting, and excellence in client delivery,” said Timicka. “Now that they’ve completed paid internships, it’s their time to show today’s business leaders that they are ready for the new opportunities presented to them. They must also be ready to go after it as well.”

About NPower

NPower is a national nonprofit that is committed to advancing race and gender equity in the tech industry through skills training, real world experience, support and mentorships. The organization has helped young adults from underserved communities and veterans move from poverty to the middle class by training them with a range of tech skills and placing them in quality jobs.

Students who enter the free, six-month training program, earn industry-recognized certifications and graduate with the competencies of an IT professional with one to two years of experience.

NPower also places students in paid internships with corporate and nonprofit organizations. Eighty percent of NPower graduates get a full-time job or continue their education. Not only is NPower changing life trajectories for individuals from vulnerable communities, but they are also strengthening the overall competitiveness of U.S. businesses hamstrung by today’s limited pool of IT talent.

Here is a closer look at the students and military veterans being honored at this year’s virtual graduation ceremony —

​​San Jose, California:

Jacqueline Allen

Ricardo Arias

Dax Baca

Cynthia Barcenas

David Bedolla

Miko Bilog

Richard Bond

John Calibo

Ezequiel Canales

Misael Castaneda

Tammy Chu

Madison Chu

Zuleika Cobian Lepe

Matias Coleman

Seth Cooke

Edward Cox-Cowan

Giovanni De La Rosa

John Deitenbeck

Sakaya Duran

Juan Duran

Miguel Garcia

Karen Gomez

Issac Hannible

Tammy Herrera

Adam Hoffman

Abdullah Imami

Robert Jones

Prince Jordan

Brenda Kako

Pio Kasiano

Matthew Kievernagel

Alysia Lilly

Christopher Madriz

Victoria Mancilla Oliver

Anthony Martinez

Qasimuddin Mehrabee

Kristyna Mendez

Chanrithy Ney

Tony Nguyen

Clarissa Ortega

Ibrahim Qureshi

Thamir Rana

Dayshon Randolph

Marilu Reyes

Sheila Rillon

Jose Rios

Robert Rivera

Ja’ron Roberson

Tracy Rojas

Gary Rowe

Fadi Salib

Anthony Tang

Charnnel Shane Thomas

Rachael Turner

Na Vang

Arturo Villanueva Velazquez

Quadry Wesley

Jack Wong

Ricardo Woods

Shoua Yang

Juan Zavaleta

Baltimore, Maryland:

Regina Akinwale

Uthman Al

Jared Alexander

Allan Arcia

Alexander Biamou

Dashaun Brown

Lary Brown

Mateo Brown

Dashawn Brownley

Tyrone Cobb

Sommer Cobbs

Keegon Cooper

Anthony Davenport

Jonathan Diaz

Breonna Dixon

Melaine Dobgima

Michael Dunham

TreQuan Epps

Kevin Flournoy

Shuaib Franklin

Henok Gaim

Bryan Garcia

Michael Gentry

Jalen Graham

Isabella Gravina

Aysha Haque

Ari Henry

Emoni Hilliard

Elizabeth Holmes

Shania Hunter

Denise Hurt

John Igwe

Branden Jackson

Thomas Jenkins

Dennis Johnson

Bipika Joshi

Alexis Kelly

Diane Kim

Manny Kotey

Sarah Lamptey

Davin Loc

Zuhra Maskudova

Emily McCormick

Amiya McDonald

Stanasia McNair

Karla Medina

Mariah Miles

Jarred Moore

Cheneldra Moore

Nazli Najati

Khyira Neal

Noah Nicholson

David Osafo

Mark Owens

Suniyah Peters

Marvin Ramos

Britney Sarpong

Joseph Scarberry

Rekaya Spencer

Demetrius Tasker

Nizaiah Taylor

Karl Terry

Marines Tolentino

Shania Vaughn

Kendra Walker

Alexis Wilson

Izzy Wilson

Detroit, Michigan

Aaron Ashley

Dior Bolton

Keith Carter

Arlan Chambliss

Reginald Cole

Jerry Crysler

Alejandra Enriquez

Brandon Fullwood

Yessenia Gomez-Mendoza

Aaron Goodson

Cameron Green

Sanel Grgic

Kennedy Ingram

KyAsonna Isom

Kiera Jones

Kevin Lawrence

Jayden Lewis

Kalid Maisari

Christian Matthews

Micheal Mitchell

Clifton Myree

Jeneisha Nash

Nile Ragatz

Glynnat Reid

Maria Reyna

Amber Ross

Ashley Taylor

Antonio Tillman

Colyn Waldron

Daniel Walters

Jeffrey Williams

Justin Williams

Kennedy Wolf

St. Louis, Missouri:

Adnan Ali

Paige Bell

Alexis Burton

Brandon Byas

Tyra Cole

Christopher Cruse

Dakota Dunsford-Goldwasser

Grant Hartman

Ayan Harun

Ryan Heckman

Kayon Hill

LaNesha Houston

George Jackson

Jalynn Jackson

Ra’Shawn Madison

Charkeyah Martin

Layla Mosby

Connor Phares

Eugene Phillips lll

Kehnan Reeves

Ashanti Robinson

Quest Sampson

Hayley Turman

Devine Wells

Dakota Zeiter

New Jersey:

Aneesa Awan

Melissa Barrales

Eyad Belal

Jalen Copeland

Phillips Doku

Selina Espaillat

Adriana Garcia

Justin Griffith

Joshua Joseph

Wasif Kamruddin

Jairo Lopez

JayRobert Manlapaz

Melanie Ordonez

Sky Ozagar

Bryan Padolina

Nidal Qureshi

Kathleen Raymond

Antonia Rodriguez

Andy Simon

Joel Tejeda

Melanie Ugas

Leysan Vershynin

Pedro Arauz

Brittany Archer

Andrew Bazan

Claudine Bernadotte

Kishon Brown

Olu Canty

Jose Chicas

Victoria Crowell

Mu-quil Dennis

Michael Fiala

Giovanni Figueroa

Nelson Gandhi

Serhay Brook Gebre-Egziabher

Diana Gonzalez-Argueta

Mandissa Graham

Vernon Griffin

Tiyona Hill

Keithley Huggins

Christylle Ibanez

Yusra Iqbal

Ty Jackson

Nnamdi Jones

Timur Khusainov

Kelvin Kong

Destiny Kuria

Aminata Mbaye

Adlene Momant

Abraham OstosMendoza

Rodin Peguero

Marisol Rodgers

Dennis Rodriguez

Franklin Salazar

Nimra Shaida

Carlos Solarte Rivera

Babatunde Tomori

Denisha Turner

Christopher Vega

Jon-Michael Venuto

Kaceen Williams

Scott Williams

Chester Zorrilla Ventura

Brooklyn, New York:

Alvie Ahmed

Tehreem Ahmed

Bisi Alade

Louis Appiah

Chaley Baptist

Damian Broomes

Seirra Brown

Gabriel Cardenas

Le Yi Chen

Cordeelia Clarke

Rhajel Clarke

Eric Dang

Sachorra Douglas

Md Nurul Alam Elahi

Grace Enitan

Ariz Flores

Edgarlyn Gilles

Ashkelon Gordon (Mccown)

Tahamina Hossain

Raheebul Islam

Kalgaal Issa

Queensly Malik Jean Francois

Cyristal Joseph

Adley Lapointe

Kevin Leung

Johnson Lin

Juliana Lopez

Norman Lopez

Chazmin Lynch

Arrin Marshall

Dewan Maskuruzzam

Badirat Matty-Olasupo

Ryan McHarris

Genesis Mendez

Justin Mercado

Elias Muniz

Ryan Nandalall

Eva Ng

Zaburat Olajide

Ashfaqur Rahman

Ackeem Rhooms

Daniel Sosa Bazan

Taylor Stephen

Yash Tewani

Mazid Uddin

Ezekiel Vargas

Ryan Williams

Gabriel Wylie

Kelly Zulinski

Harlem, New York:

Mohamed A Hassan

Tantaniya Adams

Ricardo Aguilar

Ahmed Alouddi

Shamtha Anderson

Rafael Ayala

Jacob Badillo

Lord Blackburn

Luis Blanco

Nigeria Brown

Rayquan Brownlee

Dylan Clark

Leonardo Compres

Austin Cuello

Anna Deng

Luis Espino

Cynthia Estevez

Rachell Galarza

Justin Garcia

Luis Gomez

Syed Hussain

Emely Leon

Kevin Louissaint

Nabill Maiyaki

Vania Mason

Ciara Middleton

Marjorie Morales

Khalil Naggie

Logan Pellerano

Ellian Perez

Axel Reyes

Nyasia Spady

KeSean Taylor-Jack

Steven Tejada

Christian Valerio

Sonia Valle Perez

Bryce Walker

Solomon Watson

Elliot Yeates Jr

Dallas, Texas

Nougnonseton Adonon

Tikpha Asuncion

Charles Briscoe

Jose Cervantes

Jermain Collins

Maria Cuevas

Jateria Davis

Glenn Delostrico

Aaron Drisdale

Katherine Garcia

Johnnie Hodges

Brittany Holmes

Christopher Hudson

Taddy Hughes

Choicelle Jackson

Faith Joiner

Nicholas Joseph

Euelalia Larsen

Porfirio Lopez Jr.

Jennifer Luu

Jeremy Mathis

David Mayhand

Dat Nguyen

Samuel Nyarko

Vanessa Parker

Quentin Parker

Patrick Parker

Patricia Paul

Jose Putnam

Prapti Rai Giri

Alfredo Reyes

Paul Rodriguez

Christopher Smith

Bijay Syangbo

Eugene Thompson

Fatima Tsav Bryant

Kurt Vogel

Rasheda Walker

Kevin White

Rodney Williams

Robert Yoas

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