Talent is everywhere but opportunity is not. The opportunity gap will continue to widen as emerging technologies transform types of work and how they’re done. The future of learning and work is at a critical crossroad defined by an increasing divide between those who use technologies and those who compete against them. We believe data education can democratize access to meaningful careers for workers and sustainable competitiveness for companies. Eskwelabs aims to enable participatory and active learning experiences so beyond acquiring in-demand skills, we can also rediscover the joy of learning and reinventing ourselves. We focus on innovating in our regional context through: 1. Upskilling across different skill levels that exist in the data value chain 2. Fixing downsides of online education like that it’s unstructured, not job relevant and impersonal 3. Building the talent ecosystem and a community for lifelong learning as skill needs continue to change