Coming Soon: the 15th Annual GPS Your Future®

October/November 2025

Produced by EXP, the annual GPS Your Future® career discovery event showcases high-growth industries and introduces career paths to high school students. Sponsorship opportunites are now available for our fall 2025 event! Contact Jessica Ureña, Director of Development, at jessica@expfuture.org today do learn more!

On Thursday, November 7, 400 high school students from 13 of EXP-supported high schools engaged with more than 100 industry volunteers and 29 exhibitors at the 14th annual GPS Your Future® career discovery day at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

First, our students participated in the entrepreneurial incubator activity, led by the talented students from CSU Dominguez Hills Innovation Incubator, and experienced first hand how to innovate and market a product with the help of AI. During “Lunch with a Professional,” students got the opportunity to network and hear directly from industry volunteers at their tables. And finally, students’ favorite career discovery activity, career discovery expo! Moved out to the North Lawn from the ballroom, students ventured from tent to tent to learn more about each company and industry. Read more about the event in CSUDH News.

“This program truly does help students' future by providing them with resources and speakers who are able to teach students about their career paths,” said one of our students.

Thank you, 2024 Sponsors!



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SPECIAL THANKS

Snap Inc. · Target

CSU Dominguez Hills Innovation Incubator students for leading the Entrepreneurial Incubator Activity.

CSU Long Beach College of Business Inclusive Marketing Initiative for our Instagram takeover.

EXHIBITORS

  • CSU Dominguez Hills

  • Blue Shield

  • Demo Chicks

  • First Citizens Bank

  • Formica

  • Franco Logistics

  • Griffith Company

  • J.B. Hunt

  • Kiewit

  • LA Cares

  • LADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

  • Los Angeles Harbor College - Culinary Department

  • Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI)

  • Los Angeles Department of Public Works

  • Marathon Petroleum Corporation

  • Marine Mammal Care Center

  • Minding Your Mind

  • PDA Consulting Group

  • Poppy Bank

  • SBCC

  • SELACO Workforce Development Board

  • SoCal Jet Services

  • Toyota

  • United States Navy

  • US Bank

  • Water Replenishment District

  • YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

  • Yusen Terminals

LUNCH WITH A PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS

  • Philippa Arno (EXP Board Member), Hapag-Lloyd

  • Arley Baker (EXP Board Member), Port of Los Angeles (Retired)

  • Melissa Baker, Providence

  • Brandon Boren, IT/Cybersecurity consultant

  • Raekwon Bulllins, Poppy Bank

  • NC1 Justin Calas, United States Navy

  • Wendy Chau, US Bank

  • Andrew Chiu, Peking Tavern

  • Tim Chung, Hensel Phelps

  • Chip Clampitt, Upwing Energy

  • Suzanne Contreras, Yusen Terminals

  • Eduardo Cuevas, LADWP

  • ETN1 Maria De La Fuente, United States Navy

  • Talia Demir, Upwing Energy

  • Rebecca Delgado, US Bank

  • Lauren Denomme, Toyota

  • MCC Josue Escobosa, United States Navy

  • Irene Gilgoff, Marine Mammal Care Center

  • Ilona Glinarsky, LivingTango.com

  • Kit Gutierrez, Beach House

  • Morgan Hannaleck, Minding Your Mind

  • Dylan Harris, Los Angeles Times

  • Daniel Herrera, US Bank

  • Bruce Heyman, Los Angeles Maritime Institute

  • Christine Honeybone, Port of Los Angeles

  • Brent Hook, Sun and Surf Trading

  • Danny Hughes, Port of Los Angeles

  • Joyce Kaplan, Marine Exchange of Southern California

  • Captain Kip Louttit, Marine Exchange of Southern California

  • Melody Lyu, Toyota

  • Elizabeth Machuca (EXP Alum and EXP Board Member), SPEC Services

  • Angie Mancillas, Water Replenishment District

  • Tim Marples, Upwing Energy

  • Robert Menald, Titan Enviromental Solutions, Inc.

  • Velinda Meza (EXP Alum), The Boeing Company

  • Michelle Molina, US Bank

  • CJ Nord, Supply Chain for Good

  • Fran Ohlheiser, Yusen Terminals

  • Erick OjedaGarcia (EXP Alum), OMGee Pix! / Honorary Mayor of Wilmington

  • Vonda Paige, LADWP

  • Natalie Perez, The Aerospace Company

  • Michelle Quevedo-Penn (EXP Board Member), Poppy Bank

  • Claire Risoli, POCHA LA

  • Hugo Rodriguez, Loyola Marymount University

  • Amy Ryan, Toyota

  • Mitch Seigel, Nine Dot Marketing

  • Garrett Soucy, Upwing Energy

  • Carmen Steward, LADWP

  • Ken Strauss, Marine Mammal Care Center

  • Pakorn Sukitphaiboon, Pakorn Design

  • Michael Tsai, LADWP

  • Jennifer Tyler, Loyola Marymount University

  • Chandelle Wiebe Hakim, Snap

  • Tara Voss (EXP Board Member), Peacock Piper Tong + Voss