Josue De Paz built a nonprofit from the ground up during COVID-19 to close the opportunity gap for low-income students in NYC — and now he’s sharing what it really takes to turn an idea into impact.
✨ In this conversation, we’ll cover:
• How to go from idea → action (even without a roadmap)
• What building looks like as a first-gen founder
• Practical first steps to start something of your own
If you’ve been sitting on an idea—or wondering how people actually build from scratch—this is for you.
Key Takeaway
You can have all these grand visions and try to make it perfect, but until you start, that's when you actually will see if your vision for what you want actually works.
Featured Guest
The guest speaker is Josue De Paz, the CEO and co-founder of the nonprofit Honor Your Dreams (formerly First Tech Fund), an organization dedicated to closing the opportunity gap for low-income students in New York City. A proud DACA recipient who moved to the U.S. at age five, he was also recognized as a 2022-2023 Obama Foundation Scholar and brings extensive experience from the corporate and nonprofit sectors to his mission of fostering economic mobility for first-generation students.
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