Adam Pichirilo

This 22-year-old was the featured speaker at the 2009 Club Tech Digital Arts Festival awards ceremony at Boys & Girls Clubs of America headquarters in Atlanta. In sharing his story, Adam told the audience how he first identified his passion for marketing as a member of Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee, Mass.

Following high school, he made a longtime dream real by moving to New York City. After studying at New York Institute of Technology and interning at fashion house Baby Phat, Adam went solo, launching Pichi Marketing & Communications in 2008. Today he uses his skills to counsel fashion -- another passion -- and entertainment industry clients on branding and communications strategies. 

Raymond, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver

Though he won’t graduate high school until 2010, 17-year-old Raymond has already established his own business, Motive Web Designs. Find out why the 2009 Digital Arts Festival national winner in Web Tech is determined to be a successful web designer.