UNITE-LA had the privilege of being invited to testify at the Select Committee on Child Care Costs hearing in October.

Recently, UNITE-LA President, Alysia Bell, and the UNITE-LA Cleantech Academy team had the privilege of hosting the executive engineering team from UPS at the UNITE-LA office to explore and formalize an exciting new partnership with the LA Regional Cleantech Career Academy.

At UNITE-LA, we are proud to support individuals as they take meaningful steps toward brighter futures. One of our My Pathway to Health alum, who earned her EKG certification in 2024, is a shining example of perseverance and transformation.

UNITE-LA hosted its final Health Sector Collaborative of 2025, convening 20 health care employers, educators and workforce leaders to explore promising practices in health care career pathways.

Last month, UNITE-LA's Liliana Aide Monge, director, Digital Equity, along with Joel Martin, community broadband manager, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), collaborated with Pacoima Beautiful's executive director, Veronica Padilla, and Roxy Rivas, deputy director of Capital Projects and Planning, to launch a Pacoima Broadband Taskforce that will complete a comprehensive broadband needs assessment and report for the San Fernando area.

UNITE-LA is proud to have been selected by Amplifi, formerly Imagine LA, to join the early rollout of Social Benefit Navigator 3.0, a web-based tool that helps case managers and participants easily navigate public benefits and tax credits. Since January 2025, the UNITE-LA Programs team has integrated the Navigator across Step into Tech, My Pathway to Health and Cleantech Academy, strengthening our ability to connect participants with critical resources.

On Oct. 21, UNITE-LA celebrated the completion of our 10th Step into Tech cohort — a season of incredible growth and achievement! Twenty-two participants successfully completed part one, with 19 advancing to part two to pursue certifications in networking, cybersecurity or data science.

At the 2025 Grantmakers for Education (GFE) Conference, a national convening of leading education funders and systems-change advocates, UNITE-LA’s Dexter Freeman, vice president, National Business Coalitions, moderated a powerful panel on advancing credential access for justice-impacted individuals. Hosted by the ACCE Foundation and supported by Lumina Foundation, the session spotlighted the Greater Memphis Chamber’s cross-sector work to expand second-chance hiring and build career pathways that connect justice-impacted individuals to family-sustaining employment. The conversation emphasized the chamber’s role in aligning education and training programs with employer needs while addressing long-standing systemic barriers to workforce reentry.

In the last newsletter, UNITE-LA was thrilled to share the latest video highlighting our LA Regional Cleantech Career Academy! A special thank you to our partner, Lima Charlie Creative, for bringing this story to life with their creativity, expertise and dedication.

UNITE-LA’s Policy team recently met with Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez to share our work and explore opportunities for collaboration in advancing education and workforce equity.