Our community of students got hit hard by COVID-19. Many of our students are now back home, some are homeless, and a lot have parents who lost their … - Amira Yahyaoui

My experience in building an NGO taught me that I thrive when I use my time and brainpower to help others. I started to think about the number of obstacles that prevent young people from accessing opportunities and realized that the root of many of these obstacles comes down to a lack of education, especially higher education.

We wake up every day to challenge the unwritten rule that money equals opportunity. Instead, we believe that hard work and passion should be the only two things you need to fulfill your dreams.

I decided to focus on education first not only because I couldn’t get a college degree but also because the US’s higher-education system is so prohibitively expensive that it prevents students from reaching their full potential.