9/17/2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST


Location: House of Neighborly Service, 243 W 33rd St, Tucson, AZ 85713

Looking to Strengthen Your Career and Financial Future? Apply Now!  The YWCA Southern Arizona is accepting applications for YWORKS S.T.R.I.V.E. 2nd Generation English Cohort. 

Our 10-week, 20-session cohort is designed to help participants develop a strong career and financial wellness foundation, boosting confidence and reducing stress, including key components in increasing earning potential and breaking cycles of generational poverty and stress-related health challenges.

You will develop leadership skills while learning different concepts that will empower you to make informed decisions and advance your career and financial goals, such as

• Learning essential career skills like customer service, applying transferable skills, resume writing, & Interviewing
• Basics of budgeting, saving, credit, salary, and wages
• Understanding how mental health/trauma impacts finances
• Creating awareness in our decision-making process 
• Gaining access to one-on-one peer coaching

Applications open:  July 18, 2025
Interviews begin:     August 18, 2025 - September 5, 2025
Cohort begins:        September 8, 2025 
Class Schedule:      Every Monday and Wednesday, 3-5 PM
Graduation:             November 17, 2025
YWORKS STRIVE:  associated costs
Course registration fee:    $25.00 
If you have any program questions, please contact RaShaunda Ridle at rridle@ywcatucson.org