Participants worked alongside industry mentors from XBOX and Microsoft to explore each stage of video game development.
Best Buy Foundation
For more than 18 years, Geek Squad Academy has empowered young people to build skills through access to technology that they can apply both in school and in tech-enabled careers of the future.
Through a network of Best Buy Teen Tech Centers® and community partnerships, the Foundation helps young people develop critical career skills and gain real-world experience to thrive in tech-reliant careers of the future.
Through our programming, we equip young people with the skills, access, and knowledge to chart brighter futures.
Through our programming, we equip young people with the skills, access, and knowledge to chart brighter futures.
Through the Teen Tech Center program, the Foundation is on a mission to build brighter futures for young people through economic mobility by offering opportunities to grow critical tech skills and knowledge for educational and career success.
Each participant also got to meet directly with Microsoft leaders for an opportunity to make important industry connections and learn about tech career paths.
Starting in June, Best Buy customers can make tax-deductible donations in support of the Best Buy Foundation when making a purchase.
The teens are members of a nearby Best Buy Teen Tech Center® and learned about supply chain operations and career paths.
A California teen works with artist Gabe Gault to create a meaningful digital picture.
More than 40 youth from Best Buy Teen Tech Centers™ across Los Angeles learned about entrepreneurship and market research this summer. Then they put their skills to use in a tech innovation challenge.
Between May 1 and Oct. 1, customers contributed in stores and online to help continue the expansion of the Teen Tech Center network, including programming for career and post-secondary transitions for teens from disinvested communities.