Prepare for College by Learning
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
A certificate course for aspiring high school creators
Learn how entrepreneurship and purpose go hand-in-hand.
Discover your personal mission and what the world needs.
Stand out on your college applications with a certificate that shows initiative, creativity, and leadership.
Develop the skills necessary to make a real-world impact: How to identify real problems, design thoughtful solutions, test your ideas in the market, and lead with purpose.
Figure Out What You’re Good At
Find your ‘reason for being’ by connecting passions to real-world needs.
Learn Entrepreneurship
Follow our blueprint to develop and test a project idea.
Earn a Certificate for College Applications
Earn a certificate in wisdom-based entrepreneurship to showcase your initiative, creativity, and leadership.
How it works
1. Join the Waitlist - Be the first to know when the course goes live.
2. Get Early Access - Once it launches, you’ll unlock video lessons led by Hildegard faculty.
3. Learn at Your Own Pace - Watch the short videos and complete creative assignments whenever it works for you.
4. Connect with Faculty, Mentors & Community - Get feedback from Hildegard mentors, ask questions, and grow alongside a community of fellow creators.
Rooted in the Hildegard cirriculum
This isn’t just a course—it’s your first step into the Hildegard Entrepreneur Lab, where students spend four years discovering what matters, designing solutions, and launching real ventures that make a difference. At Hildegard College, we believe the best way to learn is by building. This certificate experience gives you a hands-on preview of that journey: the tools, the mindset, and the purpose-driven creativity that define life at Hildegard.
“Hildegard College teaches you how to put into practice what you learn.”
-Lydia (former student)
“Coming here, college has taken a whole new meaning.”
-Xavier (2nd year)
“At Hildegard, I’m grateful I can further my faith and my career.”
-Kyle (2nd year)
join the waitlist
Stand out on your college applications with a certificate that shows initiative, creativity, and leadership.
Explore real career paths early by testing what you love and what you're good at—before college even starts.
Build something real—no fluff, no busywork. You'll develop the skills neccessary to make a real-world impact. Join the waitlist now and get exclusive early access when the course opens. Seats are limited.
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MEET yOUR instructors
Jonathan Murillo
Murillo is a communicator, coach, and creator who focuses on guiding early stage founders from communities of color to create meaningful change through their ventures.
Jeffrey Tanner
He created The Formation Method, a coaching pedagogy for leader development, and FLDWRK, a social good incubator and work collective in Orange County. Tanner also serves as VP of Strategy for Standing Stone Ministry and as an Elder at Redemption Church.
Matthew Smith, PH.D.
President Smith holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Southern California, an M.A. from the University of Connecticut, and a B.A. from Biola University. He taught for 15 years in higher education before co-founding Hildegard College.