ILA students Emily Moseley and Hazel McQueen conduct a professional skills workshop at ESP.

ILA offers Joyristas key lessons in professional confidence

Whether your interviewing for a role at investment bank or a coffee shop, it’s important to know your strengths and how to talk about them with an employer. That’s the lesson ILA students recently shared with clients at Extra Special People during a student-led professional skills workshop.

Fresh Wind Operations Manager Anna Grace Winkler and two of Fresh Wind's clients stand behind a Fresh Winds Recovery sign during a recent site visit by ILA scholar team members David Blake, Reagan Ritchie, Ellie Singerling and Tom DeLoache.

Leading alongside recovery

Since January 2024, students in the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA) have partnered with local recovery center Fresh Wind — using their leadership skills to help expand the non-profit’s outreach and donor engagement.