Opinion | This Nonprofit Is Expanding Access to Tech Careers
The New York Times
2025/12/20
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In 2019, Ismail Fofana was hit by a truck while he was crossing a street in Queens. His injuries cost him his job, destroying the progress he had made working his way up from an immigrant dishwasher who spoke no English to a manager of a restaurant. He was 30 years old at the time, with a newborn daughter.
Six years later, he is thriving as a software engineer at Accenture, a consulting firm. Mr. Fofana credits his comeback to Per Scholas, a national nonprofit that prepares low-income people for technology careers.
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