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Every future leader needs a Champion
like you

SpeakHire connects working professionals with future leaders who are ready to build careers, but lack the networks, cultural capital, and career exposure.
As a Champion, your experience becomes a future leader's first real connection to opportunity.

Become a Champion

See what Champions do

Every future leader needs a Champion like you

Become a Champion

See what Champions do

Champions from companies you know and trust

Communitas America
Communitas America
Prasanna & Ranjana
Prasanna & Ranjana
Patrina Foundation
Patrina Foundation
Up Foundation
Up Foundation
Mentor
Mentor
Colgate Palmolive
Colgate Palmolive
People Inc
People Inc

Your career expertise becomes a
future leader's breakthrough.

A SpeakHire Champion is a working professional with 2+ years of experience.

Volunteers career expertise through coaching, speaking, and skills training

To support, prepare, and empower future leaders from immigrant families.

A SpeakHire Champion is a working professional with 2+ years of experience.

Volunteers career expertise through coaching, speaking, and skills training

To support, prepare, and empower future leaders from immigrant families.

A SpeakHire Champion is a working professional with 2+ years of experience.

Volunteers career expertise through coaching, speaking, and skills training

To support, prepare, and empower future leaders from immigrant families.

The gap Champions are helping close

Future leaders from immigrant families often lack the professional networks, cultural capital, and career exposure that most of the workforce takes for granted. The numbers tell the story.

Career opportunities are often shaped by relationships, but many participants do not have equal access to the professional networks that lead to internships, first jobs, and long-term mobility.

1:650

Counselor-to-student ratio in under-resourced schools

80%

of first jobs come through personal networks

3%

of counselor time reaches career guidance

The gap Champions are helping close

Future leaders from immigrant families often lack the professional networks, cultural capital, and career exposure that most of the workforce takes for granted. The numbers tell the story.

Career opportunities are often shaped by relationships, but many participants do not have equal access to the professional networks that lead to internships, first jobs, and long-term mobility.

1:650

Counselor-to-student ratio in under-resourced schools

80%

of first jobs come through personal networks

3%

of counselor time reaches career guidance

How it works

No lengthy applications. No waiting period. Just working professionals connecting with future leaders from immigrant families through SPEAKHIRE.

Apply

Fill out a short form with your background and area of expertise. Takes under 5 minutes.

Get Matched

SPEAKHIRE pairs you with the right program and audience based on your career field, experience, and availability.

Show Up

Lead your first session — virtual or in-person. SPEAKHIRE handles all the logistics. You just bring your story.

In their own words, from Champions who know what it means to need a door opened.

“What I love about SPEAKHIRE is seeing future leaders gain confidence and develop skills that will serve throughout entire careers. Being a Champion isn't just about showing up — it's about showing a young person what's possible.”