." >> reporter: after graduating from high school in a low-income part of boston, yusuf sunun got a summer job at web retailer wayfair. >> i wanted to get work at a place that would help me in the long run. >> reporter: sunun heads to centre college this fall on a full scholarship to study computer science and economics. having moved here from ghana last year, he feels incredibly lucky to have a job, even if just for the summer. >> there are no jobs for students in ghana at all, because the adults are, like, competing for jobs. if you are in a different country and you look at america, it's like this god or something. >> reporter: you mean it's like heaven here. >> yes, that is how you see it. >> reporter: without folks to find and prep students like him, however, sunun probably wouldn't have this job. even in heavenly america, the teen unemployment rate is almost double what it was just 13 years ago. >> i think we're in a uncorrected depression for teenage employment in america, and the only thing we can do that's going to make a difference is mobilize the private sector to hire teenagers