AnnieCannons
Connecting Survivors to Careers in Tech
About
AnnieCannons' mission is to train, prepare, and connect human trafficking survivors of sustainable careers in tech. Through a trauma-informed coding and workforce development program, AnnieCannons trains survivors to become professional software developers and AI engineers and places them in paid apprenticeships with partner companies through a model that converts at over 80%, with median starting salaries of $75,000 or more. The program is tailored for people who have faced compounded barriers including poverty, housing insecurity, interrupted education, and trauma across multiple systems.
Topics
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Team size
- 14 employees
- YC batch
- Summer 2018
- Status
- Active
- Stage
- Early stage
