gesture reimagines what college and career preparation can be. Change isn't optional, it's already here. As the landscape of work, learning, and technology continues to shift, gesture offers a new approach to preparing for the future of both college and early career. Rather than a single linear pathway, gesture operates through a set of connected courses, workshops, and experiential programs. Each offering is designed to help students practice our pillars: mission, challenge, and story in an AI-shaped world.

Mission

School is about solving your own problems – homework, exams, and requirements. But the people who make a difference are the ones who solve other peoples’ problems, not their own. We help students build a mission mindset: a focus on creating value for other people.

Challenge

College should be about challenge. Instead, it has come to insulate many students from failure and discomfort. But challenge drives growth. In gesture, we do not avoid failure; we seek it out, to build resilience for the failures that inevitably occur in real work. Early career success means seeking real challenge on your own, not waiting for the teacher to give you an assignment.

Story

Everyone talks about storytelling, but telling is the least important part of story. At gesture, story is more about listening than talking. Story is how we understand and connect people, ideas, and communities.​ Story is the tool we use to change our mindset, and solve problems for other people.

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