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Stop saying what you’re good at. Start showing it.

Nextreks helps you build the durable skills colleges and employers look for, create a portfolio that shows who you are beyond a transcript, and find real-world opportunities that fit your interests.

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Skills you can use

Learn durable skills and practice them through real-world Challenges.

A portfolio that shows who you are

Bring together your work, experiences, activities, interests and reflections in one place.

Opportunities that fit

Discover programs, mentors, projects, competitions, service, research and other experiences connected to your interests.

How Nextreks works

How it fits together.

Pick a tab to see each part in the student app.

1 of 3 · Build skills

Learn a skill, then use it for real

Learn durable skills and apply them through real-world Challenges.

  • Each Challenge starts by explaining the skill and what gets in the way
  • Then it gives you a real situation to apply it
  • You submit what happened, in your own words or with a file
A Challenge opening in the Nextreks app: Closer in 45 Minutes, the first Challenge on Observer Island.
straight from the app
Challenges and Capstones

Build skills by doing something real.

Each Challenge teaches a durable skill, then asks students to apply it in a real situation and capture what they did and learned.

  1. 1

    Learn the skill

    Understand what active listening looks like and what commonly gets in the way.

  2. 2

    Try it for real

    Have one real conversation where you listen without planning your response.

  3. 3

    What happened

    Submit a short reflection or another piece of evidence showing what you did and noticed.

  4. 4

    Your portfolio

    Add the result, reflection and relevant skills to your portfolio.

Nextreks ChallengeSample

Closer in 45 Minutes

Challenge · Observer Island · Sep 2026

“I usually jump in with advice. This time I waited, and my sister told me the real problem.”

Active ListeningEmpathy

Start with 10 foundational skill Islands. Then keep exploring.

10 skill Islands with 7 Challenges and a final Capstone in each. New Islands focused on additional skills, career paths and other topics follow as Nextreks continues to grow.

What students can create

What will you build?

Your work should look as different as you do.

  • A business plan
  • A short film
  • A working prototype
  • A community event
  • A research project
  • A presentation
  • A podcast
  • A design for a real client
What you get

Skills, a portfolio and what’s next.

  • 10 skill Islands with 7 Challenges and a final Capstone in each
  • Challenges that explain each skill, then give you a real situation to apply it
  • A Capstone at the end of each Island that brings its skills together
  • Trait Cards that gather the work behind each skill
  • A portfolio you control, private until you choose to share
  • Explore: opportunities from other organizations, each saying why it fits you
Step by step

From your first Challenge to your first opportunity.

  1. 1

    Start a Challenge

    Learn what a durable skill looks like and what commonly gets in the way.

  2. 2

    Try it for real

    Apply the skill in a real situation in your own week, then share what happened.

  3. 3

    Build your portfolio

    Add Challenge work next to your projects, jobs, service and awards, each labelled with where it came from.

  4. 4

    Find what fits

    Get opportunities matched to your interests. You decide which ones to pursue.

Explore

Find opportunities that fit who you are.

Nextreks matches students with programs, mentors, competitions, volunteering, research, projects and other opportunities connected to their interests and goals.

picked for you, with the reason why
  • Programs
  • Competitions
  • Research
  • Volunteering
  • Courses and enrichment
  • Mentors
  • Community projects

Students always decide whether they want to pursue a recommendation. Opportunities come from other organizations: Nextreks lists them but doesn’t run or guarantee them.

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1 of 4: Summer design lab

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Sample

Summer design lab

Two weeks redesigning a real public space with a small team.

When and where:
July · Miami, in person
Who it’s for:
Grades 10 to 12, no experience needed
What you could learn:
User research, prototyping, presenting to a client
Why it matched:
You saved product design as an interest and finished two Builder Challenges.
FAQ

Answers to your questions.

The most common ones, answered. Still curious? Email hello@nextreks.com.

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No. Each Challenge explains the skill first, then asks you to try it in your own life. You need somewhere to begin, not a finished résumé.

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