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Student wins national Young Entrepreneurs prize; board recognizes local program and business
Summary
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board recognized a recent Hammond High graduate who placed second nationally in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy competition and has launched a commercial dumpster‑cleaning business called Fresh Dump.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board recognized Libby Hernandez, a recent Hammond High School graduate and founder of Fresh Dump, after she placed second in the national Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) competition.
Young Entrepreneurs Academy North Shore program manager Cynthia Widletts told the board the YEA is a 24‑week, after‑school program that teaches seventh‑through‑12th‑grade students how to build businesses and culminates in a three‑minute investor pitch. "The Young Entrepreneurs Academy is very much…
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