Under Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, Stockton Unified is celebrating historic graduation rates, literacy gains, expanding career pathways and a renewed promise of equity for every student.

Established in 2003, Gateway Community Charters helps students succeed by combining strong academics, career pathways and community-based support for families. Gateway works everyday to prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue next steps and thrive in their next chapter of life.

Sacramento’s healthcare community continues to grow, and with that growth comes an increasingly pressing need: preparing the next generation of skilled healthcare professionals to serve the region’s patients, families and communities.

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is proud to be part of that future.

A student’s day begins long before the first bell, shaped by experiences, responsibilities, questions and pressures that follow them into the classroom. Educators must be well-trained and ready to listen, adapt and build meaningful relationships.

Providing high-quality, full-service HVAC, building automation and retrofit services, EMCOR Services Mesa Energy has long relied on talented team members. That talent has increasingly included women over the firm’s 43 years and EMCOR Services Mesa Energy today is a leader in hiring, supporting and promoting women.

Sacramento State Athletics has spent the last decade becoming a department that doesn’t just participate, but pushes. Across the board, the Hornets have built momentum through winning, upgrading and reimagining what their future can look like, and the result is a program that now feels larger, louder and far more ambitious than it did even a few years ago.

Launched from Intel’s NAND flash memory business in Folsom, Solidigm is an AI infrastructure company with deep roots in the Sacramento region and headquarters in Rancho Cordova.

Innovation and entrepreneurship fuel economic development and activating them across the Capital Region is the driving force of the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CCIE) at Sacramento State.

The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) has been building a school-based mental health model since the early 2020s, with expansion in recent years through a deeper partnership with the Sacramento County Department of Health.