The cornerstone of The Hidden Genius Project is our award-winning Intensive Immersion Program. This FREE, 15- month, cohort-based training program provides Black males in high school with upwards of 800 hours of holistic, trauma/healing-informed, high-touch mentorship and intensive training that seeks to develop youth into strong and responsible leaders equipped with coding and entrepreneurial skills, who can identify and develop tech-enabled solutions to address society’s most compelling challenges. We currently operate sites in Oakland, Richmond (CA), Los Angeles, Long Beach, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

INTENSIVE IMMERSION PROGRAM BREAKDOWN

High school students (Hidden Geniuses) participate in 15 months of intensive technical and entrepreneurial training through two 7-week summer sessions and one year of after-school programming. We empower our Geniuses to:

  • Create innovative solutions to community challenges and problems

  • Hone leadership and entrepreneurial skills and pitch business ideas

  • Design their own websites, software, and other technical projects

  • Establish healthy relationships and build trust with peers and mentors

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OUR APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED

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PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY: 

Rising 9th, 10th, and 11th Graders  //  Black male youth are encouraged to apply

No programming skills required

SELECT A LOCATION TO APPLY

Atlanta, GA

Baltimore, MD

Chicago, IL

Detroit, MI

Los Angeles, CA

Long Beach, CA

Oakland, CA

Philadelphia, PA

Richmond, CA

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