Los Angeles students. Entrepreneurial possibilities.
YES 2027.
Big ideas start with a little curiosity.
Gamma Scholar Foundation and Youth Entrepreneur Summit (YES) are partnering for an overnight summer camp at UCLA.
High-school students
from the Los Angeles area
June 21–25, 2027
with overnight stay
One chaperone
for every three students
A summer of possibility
Local students.
A bigger horizon.
YES 2027 brings together 100 high-school students from across the Los Angeles area for five days at UCLA. Gamma Scholar Foundation and Youth Entrepreneur Summit are coming together to create this overnight summer camp.
It’s an invitation to explore entrepreneurship, connect with peers, and imagine what an idea could become. We look forward to sharing more about the 2027 experience as planning continues.
Working together
Two partners. One shared opportunity.
Bringing a commitment to students together with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Gamma Scholar Foundation
Supporting students’ academic endeavors and creating opportunities for the next generation.
Meet the foundation ↗
Youth Entrepreneur Summit
YES introduces young people to entrepreneurship through practical learning, teamwork, and new ideas.
Explore YES ↗Follow YES on Instagram · @youthentsummit ↗
Meet the YES approach
Curiosity meets
an entrepreneurial mindset.
YES’s existing programs introduce business fundamentals, developing ideas, and communicating a pitch through hands-on learning and collaboration. These are a window into the partner’s approach; the UCLA camp program will be shared separately.
For students & families
The details
we can share today.
- When
- June 21–25, 2027
- Where
- UCLA, Los Angeles
- Who
- 100 high-school students from the Los Angeles area
- Camp format
- Summer camp with overnight stay
- Chaperones
- One chaperone for every three students
- Scholarships
- Gamma Scholar Foundation will award $500 scholarships to help students attend. More scholarship details coming soon.
- More to come
- Registration, program, and overnight accommodation details will be shared when available.
Past YES moments
A community of possibility.
Shared moments from previous YES programs, supplied by the event organizer.
People. Ideas. Shared energy.
These images offer a glimpse of the YES community as we look ahead to a new experience for Los Angeles students in 2027.
UCLA CPO Partnership Proposal · For discussion
An invitation to build
YES 2027 together.
Gamma Scholar Foundation and Youth Entrepreneur Summit invite UCLA’s Community Programs Office to explore co-hosting and supporting an overnight entrepreneurship camp for 100 Los Angeles-area high-school students, June 21–25, 2027, at UCLA.
Discuss the partnership ↗The opportunity
Connect an entrepreneurial idea
to a college-going future.
We propose an experience that connects practical entrepreneurship with college exposure, leadership, and teamwork. For local high-school students, a campus setting could make conversations about their next steps more concrete: meeting peers, exploring an idea, and seeing college as part of their horizon.
We see a natural connection with CPO’s work in college preparation, outreach, leadership development, and workforce readiness. Its college preparation programs serve students across Los Angeles and Southern California through peer advising, parent engagement, and experiences of college life. That alignment is the starting point for this invitation.
A foundation to build on
What our two partners bring.
Community commitment & student support
Gamma Scholar Foundation awarded 10 scholarships for the 2026 YES event. For 2027, the foundation will award $500 scholarships to help students attend. The plan includes one chaperone for every three students, alongside the foundation’s nonprofit and community partnership. Scholarship award counts and further details remain to be developed.
Experience in youth entrepreneurship
YES brings existing program experience in practical business learning, developing ideas, communicating a pitch, and teamwork. We propose building on that experience with CPO to shape a program suited to these students and this campus context.
Ways we could work together
A proposed role for UCLA CPO.
Shape the student experience together and define each partner’s responsibilities, planning process, and role in delivery.
Explore UCLA student mentors and workshop contributors who could support entrepreneurship, leadership, and college-readiness conversations.
Explore a campus tour and college-readiness component with the appropriate teams. CPO’s campus tour model offers a relevant starting point for discussion.
Identify appropriate campus partners and explore what coordination would be needed for space, overnight accommodations, meals, and student participation.
Support to explore
Financial or in-kind support.
We would welcome a conversation about support for student participation and event needs such as housing, meals, space, or materials. Together, we could develop an itemized budget, identify possible contributions, and discuss funding pathways and campus requirements.
The first step is a shared scope and budget—not a fixed funding request. This proposal invites CPO to help determine what is feasible and where a partnership could add the most value.
Proposed measures
A practical way to learn.
We propose agreeing on a small set of measures during planning:
- Student attendance and participation
- Participant feedback on the experience
- Team idea presentations or reflections
These could help partners review the experience and inform future collaboration.
Let’s start the conversation
Define the partnership.
Build the plan together.
A planning conversation can align co-hosting roles, student support, budget, and next steps.
Stay in the loop
Big ideas.
More details soon.
Registration details are coming soon. Join the interest list for updates about YES 2027, June 21–25 at UCLA.
Joining the interest list is not an application, event registration, or a reservation for a place.
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Share your contact name and email for YES 2027 updates from Gamma Scholar Foundation.