Dream Job for Social Impact - Young Adults and Mentor Focus

Please join me as I speak with Derrick Duplessy the founder and executive director of the Duplessy Foundation. Derrick Duplessy's working purpose has been to develop leaders. His experience with working in organizations such as GEAR UP, Upward Bound, and Urban Scholars at UMass Boston served as his training ground in youth leadership development. Inspired by his work with youth, Derrick went on study leadership as part of the prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program. He graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in Sociology and Africana Studies in 2003. Derrick founded the Duplessy Foundation to unlock the potential of young urban leaders at the margin. He has a special interest in guiding young adults in the non-traditional areas of entrepreneurship, the arts, human services, and international development.