Getting ahead

Kaytria Stauffer always dreamed of how fun it would be to have her own business.

She never thought it would happen - and she knew teaching was in her future - but three years ago she achieved the impossible.

Stauffer, 17, of Memphis, joined Junior Achievement of Central New York, Inc.'s Young Entrepreneur Program, an after-school program running from October to February in which participating students learn all aspects of running a business, from obtaining capital, deciding on products and services, producing products and services, marketing and selling to human resources, administration, finances and reports by creating and operating their own company.