PLACED ON LOCKDOWN WHILE OFFICERS RESPONDED. A KANSAS CITY NOW HAS A NEW NONPROFIT HELPING PEOPLE BREAK INTO THE TECH FIELD. KMBC NINE TERISA WHITE SHOWS US HOW THEY’RE DOING. IT WITH THE HELP OF A BILLIONAIRE. WELL, STUDENTS ARE LEARNING SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, ALL IN THIS FREE PROGRAM HERE. AND THAT’S ALL CONSULTING, COMPUTER PROGRAMING AND CODING. ALL ON THIS LAPTOP RIGHT HERE, GIVEN TO THEM FOR FREE BY I SEE STARS, HTML, REACT, CSS. UM, WHAT’S THE BACKEND? YEAH, NODE.JS. LOOK AT BRAXTON. THIS LIFE CHANGING NONPROFIT IS GETTING THE ATTENTION OF BILLIONAIRE AND PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE STARS IS A 16 WEEK TECH BOOT CAMP, WHICH FOCUSES ON CLOSING THE POVERTY GAP BY TEACHING TECH SKILLS TO LOW INCOME EARNERS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING A TRADITIONAL JOB, MAYBE IN MANUFACTURING OR RETAIL AND THEY WANT TO UPSKILL AND GET INTO TECHNOLOGY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAMIKA HOGAN EXPLAINS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR LOW INCOME EARNERS WITHOUT BACHELOR’S DEGREES. I THINK WE’RE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO NOT JUST CHANGE YOUR LIFE, BUT TO CHANGE THAT OF OF YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO COME ALONGSIDE OF YOU. THE NONPROFIT RECENTLY RECEIVED A GENEROUS $5 MILLION DONATION FROM PHILANTHROPIES MACKENZIE SCOTT. IF MCKINSEY TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS MAKES SENSE FOR OUR PORTFOLIO OF NONPROFITS, I FEEL LIKE IT’S A STAMP OF APPROVAL TO HELP US TO CONTINUE TO GROW. STUDENTS OF THE PROGRAM, LIKE ROGER WARREN, A FATHER OF THREE, SAYS, THIS IS A DREAM. COME TRUE. HOW MANY TIMES IN THE WORLD DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER YOURSELF? HE RECENTLY LEFT A WAREHOUSE JOB FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE HIS LIFE. ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO BETTER. SHAMIKA SAYS THE PROGRAM HAS A 90% JOB PLACEMENT RATE AND FOR ROGER, IT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING. I THINK IT’S BEYOND THE SKY TO BE HONEST WITH YOU REPORTING IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY, DARIUS WHITE, KMBC NINE NEWS. THE NEXT BOOT CAMP IS IN SEPTEMBER. THE GROUP HELPS WITH A STIPEND ALONG WI