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.

Across Northern California, the Salvation Army’s workforce development programs are quietly transforming lives one apron tied, one tool lifted, one skill learned at a time. In training kitchens and construction workshops, participants begin again — gaining not just job skills, but a second chance.

Teach For America California Capital Valley (TFA CCV) collaborates with community partners, schools and mission-aligned organizations to develop innovative programs that enhance student outcomes and foster educator leadership.

“We provide excellent college prep education and substantive corporate work study experience and have thrived for 20 years because of our community-driven mission,” says Father Christopher Calderón, president of Cristo Rey High School Sacramento.

Six skilled, dedicated and passionate women form an all-female leadership team for Yuba College and Woodland Community College, the two colleges within the Yuba Community College District (YCCD).