2023-2024 Winner

Experience Translator

Empowering individuals to succeed in work that is better paid and more highly valued

United States of America
Track:
Higher Education

Prize Level:

Growth Prize

Project Description

Wingspans is an inclusive career navigation platform that forges brighter futures through storytelling. It is currently making a transformative impact at 2-year colleges across the country, where it is integrated into first-year experience courses and career offices.

 

With the addition of the experience translator, learners will experience a further shift in consciousness about how they view themselves and the world. This intervention, powered by AI, will output the learner’s skillset, people on Wingspans who have a similar skillset, training opportunities, and relevant careers. Its objective is ultimately to honor everyone’s life experiences and skills. It will help someone with waitressing experience, for example, see the value in this experience and uncover their hidden skills, including time management, customer service, and working well under pressure. The hope is that after using the experience translator, learners will realize that they have much more to offer than they previously thought.

Meet Our Team

Dr. Lindsay Kuhn

Founder & CEO, Wingspans

Marcos Zampieri

Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, George Mason University

Dr. Tara Laughlin

Director, Skills Development & Validation, Education Design Lab

The 2025 Tools Competition is open for submissions! Submit by Oct 25.