DVIRC Dream Team

Inspiring High School students to explore careers in manufacturing.

Overview

DVIRC Dream Team is a manufacturing career awareness program that recruits young manufacturing professionals from area companies to serve as ‘ambassadors’ for manufacturing careers by visiting targeted high schools and sharing about the requirements and rewards of their profession to students, teachers, and administrators.

The goal of this effort is to get more high-school students to think about manufacturing-related post-secondary education and careers.

Purpose

The purpose of the DVIRC Dream Team Program is to grow the talent pool of students pursuing manufacturing-related education and increase the number of students interested in STEM careers so they can become skilled employees at area manufacturing companies.

One of the most effective ways to expose area students to STEM careers, technology, and modern manufacturing environments is by introducing them to young successful employees who work in the field. The demographic in Southeast Pennsylvania includes a large and growing population of African Americans,
Latin Americans, and women. Young people relate to ‘champions’ that look like and are close in age to them and having young ambassadors reflect these demographics through diversity, equity, and inclusion enhances the program’s success.

Dream Team Ambassadors

Meet our amazing Dream Team ambassadors! Ambassadors share their stories with high schoolers to help unlock interest among students to consider similar STEM careers.