JACKSONVILLE – Bank of America recently announced four Jacksonville high school juniors and seniors were selected as Student Leaders® (#BofAStudentLeaders), an eight-week paid summer internship connecting students to employment, skills development and community service. The students will gain practical work and leadership experience and receive financial education coaching from Bank of America’s Better Money Habits curriculum, while working alongside local nonprofit Communities in Schools of Jacksonville.
This is the 20th year Bank of America has offered this competitive paid internship program in Jacksonville, with 95 high school students selected as Student Leaders since the program began in 2004.
“By providing career and leadership development opportunities for teens for 20 years, we continue to help develop the next generation of skilled workers, which is essential to the region’s long-term economic growth,” said Mark Bennett, president, Bank of America Jacksonville. “These exceptional teens selected for the Student Leaders program will not only gain practical work and life experience, but the community in turn will gain help from local nonprofits and a diverse pipeline of talent as these young adults enter the local workforce.”
The class of 2024 Jacksonville Bank of America Student Leaders are:
- Rahul Kollum, rising senior at Beachside High School: Rahul’s passion for aiding others inspired him to volunteer at Brooks Rehabilitation, where he helped patients, worked in the center’s administration and implemented a flower delivery program to lift the patients’ spirits. At his school, he also created a club called Beachside Stocks, which created a stock market simulation for over thirty students to learn how the stock market functions and the importance of investing wisely.
- Vandana Guru, rising senior at Allen D. Nease High School: Vandana serves as a board member with Jacksonville Tamil Mandram Youth Committee (JTM), a nonprofit that promotes interaction with the Tamil community in Northeast Florida. Outside of keeping the traditions of this important culture from South India and Sri Lanka alive, Vandana has also worked with JTM to direct events like a toiletries drive for the local homeless shelter.
- Angelina Che, recent senior at Atlantic Coast High School: Angelina’s experiences volunteering at her local library taught her the value of public resources for those without the ability to afford books or computers. This understanding has inspired her to also volunteer with Feeding Northeast Florida Food Bank and with BigFuture Ambassador, an organization that helps prepare students for life after high school.
- Anjali Gusani, rising senior at The Bolles School: Anjali created and led her school’s first chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, an organization that offers students opportunities for business education and leadership, including local and national competitions. Outside of this, Anjali has served as a U.S. State Department Youth Ambassador for Chile and Argentina, and she also volunteered in Mayor Donna Deegan’s transition team after Deegan was elected as the first female Mayor of Jacksonville.
Along with Student Leaders, Bank of America is connecting several teens and young adults to paid jobs and internships with Jacksonville Humane Society through its Summer Youth Employment Program. From July 22-27, the Student Leaders will travel to Washington, D.C. for a week-long, all-expenses-paid, national leadership summit to learn how nonprofits, governments and businesses collaborate to meet local needs.
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