LEAD Program

Liderazgo • Emprendimiento • Alfabetización Digital

LEAD is an 8-week dynamic development program created through a powerful collaboration between Designed Not Defaulted and the Wabash College Latino Community Center. Rooted in empowerment, innovation, and community advancement, LEAD equips participants with the mindset and skills needed to grow personally, professionally, and civically.

A Partnership Rooted in Community

LEAD is proudly co-designed by Designed Not Defaulted and the Wabash College Latino Community Center, combining:

Community-driven leadership
Professional development coaching
Cultural empowerment
High-impact learning

Together, we’re shaping leaders who uplift themselves and the communities they serve.

7 Weeks of Growth

The LEAD curriculum combines workshops, guided coaching, hands-on activities, and community engagement.

Each week focuses on a pillar of leadership, entrepreneurship, digital mastery, and personal development. Participants receive:

Practical tools and frameworks
Leadership and communication coaching
Entrepreneurship and innovation exercises
Technology training and digital upskilling
Community-based projects
Networking and mentorship opportunities

A young man and a woman sitting at a table engaged in a coaching or mentorship session. Both are smiling and writing in notebooks with red pens, with a coffee cup on the table between them.

A diverse group of ten professionals standing together for a group photo in front of a projection screen. The screen displays Spanish text about career paths and leadership.

Our Purpose

LEAD's purpose is to equip participants with the mindset, skillset, and network to become purpose-driven leaders. We focus on self-awareness, strategic thinking, effective cross cultural communication, entrepreneurial mindset, and digital literacy.

By the end of the 8-week program, participants walk away with:

Stronger leadership and communication skills
Clearer personal and professional direction
Increased digital literacy and tech confidence
Greater entrepreneurial awareness and creativity
A supportive network of peers, mentors, and community partners
A sense of agency, purpose, and civic responsibility

Get Involved

Interested in joining our next LEAD cohort or partnering with the program?

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