2022 Q2 Pathways Quarterly Magazine
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Alizeah Jones:
Taking Advantage of
Nevada Help Desk Internship
Program Opportunity
At 16, Alizeah Jones already has a clear sense
of how she’d like her life to unfold. She just
needed a school that would allow her to move
at the fast pace that, for her, works best.
At a traditional high school, Alizeah felt
stymied by classes that, by necessity,
needed to move at a pace appropriate for all
students. “I wanted to graduate faster and I
knew if I could do it at my own pace, I could
do it.”
Transferring to Clark County Acceleration
Academies (CCAA) has allowed her to excel. In
addition to acing at her regular coursework,
she was selected to participate in a new
partnership to prepare students for jobs in the
booming field of digital marketing.
Alizeah is one of 20 graduation
candidates from CCAA to participate
in the Nevada Help Desk CyberTeens
60 Internship program led by Dr.
Duana Malone, aka “The Tech Queen.”
The partnership is a pilot program
of Acceleration Academies’ growing
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
initiative.
Recently, Alizeah became the first student
in Nevada to earn the Facebook Community
Manager certification, which trains social
media managers in developing marketing
content and engaging users online.
“We are so proud of all that Alizeah has
accomplished,” says CCAA Director Wendy
Thompson. “She was the first student in the
state of Nevada to earn the new certification
ALIZEAH | Facebook Certified
for social media. At 16 years old, her fierce
determination, strong commitment to her high
school studies and great habits of practice are
helping her soar to new heights.”
Every morning, Alizeah and other students gather
at Las Vegas City Hall to learn digital skills, work on
their projects and hear from inspirational speakers.
Alizeah has dreams of going to culinary school
and opening her own restaurant on the Las Vegas
Strip. While digital marketing was not an area that
she had previously explored, she decided to seize
the opportunity to join the first-ever class in the
program.
She loves it. She is working with a digital marketing
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