Leader Lens: Adrian Devezin ‘26 is Helping Future Proof His Students’ Tech Career Ambitions

<h5><strong><em><span class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW40937417 BCX0" lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW40937417 BCX0">“Being able to say, ‘When I was 16, I was working on MIT&#8217;s open-source software infrastructure,’ that’s a really great foot in the door.”</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW40937417 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}"> </span></em></strong></h5> <p>This <span data-contrast="none">back-to-school season, in addition to settling into their new classes and coursework, the Atlanta-area students enrolled in </span><a href="https://www.empowrco.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">Empowr Co.</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> will also fit into their schedules the program that has, to date, yielded a 100 percent college acceptance rate and even enabled multiple alumni to secure six-figure jobs right out of high school. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">When asked whether recent market-wide </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/08/02/what-the-changes-in-entry-level-jobs-mean-for-new-college-graduates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">declines in entry-level hiring</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> concern him, founder </span><a href="https://fellows.echoinggreen.org/fellow/adrian-devezin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">Adrian Devezin</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">—one of the </span><a href="http://egfellows.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">just announced 2026 Echoing Green Fellows</span></a><span data-contrast="none">—said he was confident Empowr students’ skills and resumes will allow them to stand out amid the tech industry’s evolving landscape. Empowr is a multi-year program that trains high school students from underserved communities in STEM disciplines, including connecting them with industry leaders like MIT and Microsoft </span><span data-contrast="auto">where they gain </span><span data-contrast="none">real-world relationships and experience through paid internships.</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In the latest edition of our </span><a href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/category/leader-lens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">Leader Lens Fellow profile series</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, Adrian spoke about how he’s feeling at the outset of his Echoing Green Fellowship experience and how Empowr’s curriculum is responsive to the growth of artificial intelligence (AI). He also shared why he&#8217;s in favor of school cell phones bans, with Georgia poised to adopt its own starting next school year.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}"> </span></p> <p>The post <a href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/adrian-devezin-is-helping-future-proof-his-students-tech-career-ambitions/">Leader Lens: Adrian Devezin ‘26 is Helping Future Proof His Students’ Tech Career Ambitions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://echoinggreen.org">Echoing Green</a>.</p>