“Summer was always the hardest part,” explains Carolina Wolf. Carolina entered foster care when she was 13 years old. “Summer […more…]

Few foster youth and first-generation college students ever make it to their graduation. The numbers are dismal. As little as […more…]

For most kids, summer equals fun. Vacations. Camp. Exciting adventures with families and friends.  But that is often not true […more…]

Ready To Succeed, which has set countless youth exiting the turbulence of foster care on their paths to career stability […more…]

Fernando Pullum was always told he’d end up in prison. But the trumpet player, raised by his great-grandmother, discovered music […more…]

Every Saturday, a then-five-year-old Ghuan Featherstone would put on his cowboy outfit, sit in front of the TV, and tune […more…]

Former film executive and entrepreneur Romi Lassally’s children were in high school when she began envisioning a career mentorship program […more…]

Anyone who doubts the benefit, nay, necessity of the arts in public schools should meet Dr. Kristen Paglia. Within minutes, […more…]

There’s no secret that there’s power in music. At the Los Angeles-based Harmony Project, giving children the power to play […more…]

For the millions of American kids who get to go year after year, summer camp exists on its own special […more…]