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One might think that the world of Paris Hilton is in a different universe than the world where AMBITION students live. That would be a mistake. Ask any AMBITION student what they think of Paris Hilton’s new documentary, This Is Paris. “It’s her version of ‘YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME!’” is the enthusiastic response.
As we prepare to begin the 2020-2021 school year, we take a look back at 2019-2020 school year – no doubt, one for the history books. No proms. No graduation ceremonies. No senior carnivals, No senior skip day. Instead of our last day in the classroom being in June, it was in March.
AMBITION, the 501(c)(3) entrepreneurial program for disadvantaged youth, was founded in 2010 and is the heart of founder Nancy Gale’s luxury handbag brand, JAMAH. The two are intrinsically linked via their cause and commerce business model.
It is not easy to turn down Nancy Gale and the students of AMBITION when they decide you should attend an AMBITION class, even if you are a movie and television star who is really good friends with Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers.
A new year. A new decade. 2020 marks a significant milestone for Nancy Gale, JAMAH and AMBITION. On January 20, 2000, Gale founded JAMAH with the goal of becoming known as the first true American luxury handbag brand. Ten years later, on February 22, 2010, she established AMBITION, an entrepreneurial, school-based non-profit with the goal of aiding disadvantaged youth.
7:58 am. ‘Good-bye’ and ‘I love you’ are echoing from numerous car windows. The sound of footsteps as the students make their way to their classrooms. The voices and laughter bouncing off the walls of the buildings before the 8 AM bell. The soundtrack to Wednesday morning. A morning anticipated by many… for a variety of reasons.
If you know anything about Nancy Gale, JAMAH designer and founder, and the founder of the non-profit entrepreneurial program AMBITION, you know that she cares deeply about young people, their challenges, dreams and journeys. Her life mission, beyond building her American American luxury design house, is
Nancy Gale, founder and designer of luxury handbag brand JAMAH and founder of AMBITION, a non-profit entrepreneurial program for under-served youth, celebrates her birthday on January 12th. This year marked the 5th anniversary of a true red-letter day for Gale and her brand of American-made, luxury leather handbags.
Bob Deemer wasn’t using the ambition.org domain name. He was just holding on to it, or cybersquatting, as some might call it. And why not? A Web Developer at ESPN, Deemer was at the forefront of the dot com boom. He knew he would find buyers ready to spend upwards of $25,000 for ambition and some of the other words he had scooped up at a time when they could be bought for less than $50.