The Yleana Leadership Foundation exists to fight the cycle of entrenched poverty - which necessitates breaking the correlation between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. To do that, we increase the selectivity of the colleges our students attend, in order to: [1] Increase persistence and graduation rates and access more supportive programming [2] Secure better financial aid packages and decrease loans, allowing them to start life with less debt [3] Increase salaries after graduation - double and triple what they would have made after a less selective college Our population is 95% BIPOC, primarily Black and Latinx, with an average family income of $32,829. We partner with high schools and CBOs in Baltimore, Boston/North Shore MA, NYC, and Philadelphia. We run a summer camp experience at Colgate University and Mount Holyoke College which is part [1] college access experience (yes - I and students like me belong at college!), part [2] elite SAT prep (the top 50% of kids increase 140-360 points in 119 hours of prep!) and part [3] college persistence skills like critical thinking, perspective-taking, self-advocacy, real world professional skills, creativity/imagination - and the ability to meet BIPOC/HM mentors (through Imagination Workshops - career exposure - and our Entrepreneurship One-Day Startup Fair, the cap on every Yleana session). At those sessions, Yleana's Eight Pillars work together to create a space that not only focuses on college access and persistence, but gives us space to create a loving safe space that concentrates on the whole person. In just three weeks, we see some amazing results; our kids have fun, their scores increase dramatically, and they learn that they can be successful in anything they set out to do. Learn more about Yleana’s impact: https://bit.ly/Yleana-overview
View Top Employees from Yleana Leadership FoundationWebsite | http://yleana.org/ |
Employees | 24 (24 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 2013 |
Address | 8 W 126th St, New York City, New York 10027, US |
Phone | (443) 201-7634 |
Industry | Education Management, Education General, Education |
Competitors | Brilliant Prep, Going Ivy, Intelos Education, Inc., Ivy Learning and Test Prep, WaveLength tutoring & test prep. L.L.C. |
SIC | SIC Code 82 Companies, SIC Code 829 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 61 Companies, NAICS Code 611 Companies, NAICS Code 6116 Companies, NAICS Code 61169 Companies |
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Alyssa Bowlby is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Yleana Leadership Foundation.
24 people are employed at Yleana Leadership Foundation.
Yleana Leadership Foundation is based in New York City, New York.
The NAICS codes for Yleana Leadership Foundation are [61, 611, 6116, 61169].
The SIC codes for Yleana Leadership Foundation are [82, 829].