The YWCA of New Bedford, Massachusetts improves girls' and women's lives. In 2017, a YWCA administrator requested BrainWise materials for her afterschool Girls Exclusive STEM program. She said that the organization had "heard amazing things about BrainWise and we wanted to introduce the girls...
When parents learn about BrainWise, they often say that they wish they had learned the 10 Wise Ways when they were tiny children. "My life would have been better if I had known these skills!" is a frequent comment. Their...
The Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) in Kodiak, Alaska, is a tribal organization that provides health and social services to the Koniak region, including the villages of Akhiok, Karluk, Old Harbor, Ouzinkei, Port Lions, and Larsen Bay. The youth and...
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) provides school-based programs, community-based workforce programs, and entrepreneurship education that annually serves thousands of teens and young adults. Founded in 1982, Y.O.U. is recognized for long-term positive outcomes that include job placement and retention (>70%), high school...
Blake, Sawyer, Anahi and Montzerrath are BrainWise teen mentors who created lessons for fourth graders that reinforce the Constellation of Support. Their examples used characters from "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Toy Story." The characters were already familiar to the students which...
