Operation Spark is a nonprofit software training center on a mission to provide opportunities for upward mobility through skills training and job placement in high-wage tech careers.

Started in September 2013, as a pilot project with youth community centers around New Orleans, Operation Spark taught young adults how to build simple mobile video games and apps with the goal of igniting the pursuit of an employable passion. These early experiments led to a robust High-School to High-Wage software training program for public school students across Louisiana. Coupled with an extensive summer teacher academy that prepares educators to offer our curriculum in their local classrooms, Operation Spark annually engages over 600 young people in exploring software careers.

Today, Operation Spark is an approved training provider with the Louisiana Department of Education and the Louisiana Workforce Commission, providing in-demand software training programs for high school students, teachers, and adult learners across the Southeast.