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Our Story

From Impact Club
to a national
student platform.

LINK grew from one question: what if students did not have to wait until college to find real ways to lead, build, serve, and prove what they can do?

The arc

Built from
real student
momentum.

01

Impact Club

LINK began with the same energy that built Impact Club: students stepping up, helping real needs, and learning that service could become leadership, creativity, organization, and proof.

02

Illinois network

The idea started to outgrow one school. LINK became a way to connect student founders, student-led projects, and ambitious students across Illinois.

03

National platform

LINK is now growing into a two-sided student platform: free and premium pathways for ambitious students, plus Studio and business support for the ventures, organizations, local businesses, and creators they can help build.

A note from the LINK Executive Team

Built by
students, for
students.

LINK exists because students are capable of more than waiting. We believe students should have real ways to gain experience, support ideas, build projects, and grow before college.

What started as school-based impact grew into a wider network for student ventures, opportunities, creators, businesses, and students who want to step up. LINK is still growing, but the mission is simple: create more doors for students to enter.

We do not just provide opportunities. We create them.

The LINK Executive Team: Riya, Ayaan, Natalie, Cassidy, Kyen

xoxo,
the LINK Executive Team