A Boston-based pre-college STEM nonprofit focused on preparing Black and Latinx students to enter industries such as architecture and engineering unveiled its maker space in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.
Digital Ready cut the ribbon on its Future of Work Lab, located in a former brewery, on July 31.
Equipped with “cutting-edge tools and technology,” the lab space co-designed with the program’s students and industry partners includes dedicated areas for each of the program’s career pathways “to ensure alignment with workforce demands and equitable access to opportunity,” Digital Ready announced.
“Our apprentices are designing real projects alongside architects, engineers and local artists while earning college credit and industry recognized credentials,” Betza Valdez, project manager for Digital Ready’s Youth-Led Architecture Design studio, said….
