Our Mission

New Vision Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create pathways to success by motivating disadvantaged youth in Minnesota through coding and digital literacy classes.

Core customers are disadvantaged youth and young adults, and the communities working to engage them as part of larger education, employment and economic development strategies.

Our staff bring decades of technical experience, cultural competency and credibility of working towards community economic development and social justice.

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Our Programs

New Vision Foundation offers school-based as well as after-school coding and digital literacy classes for disadvantaged youth and young adults.

Since our founding in 2016, we have continued to invest heavily in our youth and prepare them for the 21st century digital economy. We want to foster opportunities for them to connect with the world of coding, introduce them to careers in the information technology sector, and create a robust pipeline of future high-tech employees.

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Staff & Board

New Vision Foundation staff, from the Founder & Executive Director, to Software Developers that teach the coding classes, are members of the minority community themselves. They bring decades of technical experience, cultural competency and credibility of working towards community economic development and social justice.

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New Vision Foundation is now teaching in-school and after-school coding and digital literacy classes in 12 public schools in the Twin Cities Metro area, serving more than 1,200 youth. We also offer after-school coding and digital literacy classes at our St Paul headquarters.

New Vision Foundation became a statewide organization in the summer of 2021 with our pilot coding and digital literacy class in St Cloud, MN. We now offer after-school coding and digital literacy classes to disadvantaged youth in the cities of Willmar and St Cloud, MN.

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Message From Our Founder

I am passionate about increasing the participation of minority communities in the high-tech industry as a means of solving racial income disparities in Minnesota. I want our youth to change their mindset from being just consumers of technology to being creators of technology. And I want Minnesota to be the best state in the country with the highest percentage of diverse workforce in the high tech sector.

Hussein Farah - Founder & Executive Director, New Vision Foundation
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“ Coding is really the future, I'm glad this programming class has given me a headstart on  pursing a tech career” - Liban Ali (Edison High School, - 11th Grade)

News & Blog

2025 Minnesota STEM Day at the Capitol

January 31, 2025

Last month, the halls of the Minnesota State Capitol were buzzing with excitement as students, educators, and industry leaders gathered for STEM Day at the Capitol! The event provided an incredible opportunity to highlight the importance…

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Community Connections: Meet our Tech Presenter Fuad Mohamoud!

January 7, 2025

Tell me a bit about yourself and how you ventured into the tech field. I’m a software engineering professional with 6 years of industry experience at companies like: Nextdoor, Microsoft & Lyft. I took the traditional…

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Pathfinder Spotlight: Tamir Rice’s Journey Through Our Software Engineering Bootcamp

October 28, 2024

We had the chance to connect with Tamir Rice, a student in our second Software Engineering Bootcamp cohort, known as the Pathfinders. She shared insights about her journey to our program and her aspirations for the…

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651.340.9742 • training@nu-viz.org