How Year Up is redefining and diversifying the IT talent pipeline

For Mikayla Dyer, establishing a career in IT has been a rewarding if arduous journey.

As a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Dyer originally planned on a career in human resources until her “innate curiosity” led her to attend an information session hosted on campus by Year Up, a careers organization that opened her eyes to IT as a possible path for her future.

“The main takeaway for me was that this one-year training program utilizes a high-support, high-expectations model where students learn in-demand skills and apply them during a six-month corporate internship,” she says.