Hesperus was founded to invest in the next generation of Native American leadership and solve issues affecting Native Americans and Alaska Native tribal communities.
These challenges include the digital divide and training in technology to take advantage of the remote, digital economy of the 21st century and the jobs of the future.
By addressing these issues, we aspire to help bolster the economy of these tribal areas and allow Native Americans to participate and benefit from these tech-based high-paying jobs.
Native American Veterans serve as leaders in their communities and work collectively to support and lead their communities after leaving the service.
Through IT education and employment in the tech industry, Hesperus can support and develop the economy in Native American communities, counter systemic racism and intergenerational trauma, and help end generational poverty in Native American communities and rural tribal areas.
Our goals are to place 50 Native American Veterans into the IT industry or further IT apprenticeships or education every year, prior to our Summit Program expansion.
Hesperus is dedicated to hiring only Native Americans within our organization and partnering with Native American IT mentors to support our student cohorts. We are partnering with Native American advocacy organizations, such as the American Indian College Fund, to support this population and discover further needs.
We have also starting working with Comcast and Native American Youth Organizations such as Unity to uncover opportunities to bring or bolster broadband access in rural native communities through the Comcast Lift Zone program.
The Summit Program will also have a cultural component to support our students in the program.
Finally, Hesperus is committed to a board of directors that will have 50% or greater Native American representation
Hesperus is the Navajo People's Sacred Mountain of the North, Dibé Ntsaa, which marks the northern boundary of the Dinetah, their traditional homeland. It is associated with jet, or the color black, and associated with the north direction. Hesperus Mountain is in Colorado and is the highest summit of the La Plata Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
