“At Merit America, we believe scaling should not mean sacrificing impact,” said Merit America Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Rebecca Taber Staehelin and Connor Diemand-Yauman. “Our latest alumni analysis shows that even as we’ve grown from our first 15 learner pilot in 2018 to nearly 15,000 learners by the end of 2024, we’ve maintained a strong success rate and wage gains. This is further proof that alternative pathways can deliver real economic mobility.”