The Entrepreneurial Attitude: Lessons From Junior Achievement's 100 Years Of Developing Young Entrepreneurs

CHAPTER 10

Sense of Mission

Completing Tasks and Goals Despite Difficulties or Delays

Yesenia Cardenas

Attorney and Partner, Bowman and Brooks, JA Alumna, Texas, USA

One of the JA volunteers was a female lawyer, who had also been a Rhodes scholar. That was very inspiring to me as a young girl from one of the poorest districts in the state of Texas.

My JA Experience:

“I first experienced JA in the eighth grade. It was part of an honors program at my school. The JA volunteers were from the USAA insurance company. My school was selected for this ...