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Junior Achievement of N.J., which brings real-world financial skills to schools, continues to grow
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on August 22, 2014 at 6:30 AM, updated August 22, 2014 at 6:31 AMWhile sitting in her business and marketing classes in college, Catherine Milone envisioned a career in corporate America — recording analytic data at Microsoft, leading project teams at Johnson & Johnson, or sitting at an executive office desk in Bank of America — a stark contrast to working in a classroom. But right out of college, Milone found herself in a position where the two paths met.
Milone is the president of Junior Achievement of New Jersey, a nonprofit organization where volunteers teach students from kindergarten to 12th grade about business, economics and financial responsibility.
“While I was so focused on working for the corporate community, I fell in love very quickly with the kids,” she said. “My favorite is still working with the kindergartners, the first-graders and the second-graders — because I want to see our product, but even more importantly, I love seeing the difference that we make with these children.”
Junior Achievement offers programs led by volunteers who teach students through hands-on-lessons and real-life-scenarios at no cost to the schools. The organization sustains itself, Milone said, through business partnerships, funding and donations.