Peer-Led Empowerment

Hosts educational workshops to inform students and parents about the college application process, financial aid, and academic planning.

Offers comprehensive support to first- and second-generation immigrant Asian youth, guiding them through the college application and enrollment process to increase higher education access and success.

Provides affordable housing units to support low-income individuals and families, with a focus on community stability and access to essential resources.

Facilitates experiential programming including campus visits, college decision support events, and career panels to support educational and professional pathway development.

Offers one-on-one consultations to students and families on college essays, financial aid applications (FAFSA and CSS Profile), and decisions about colleges and academic majors.

Provides scholarships covering two years of college expenses to students from underserved communities, enabling enrollment at institutions outside New York City, including out-of-state colleges. Awarded scholarships to four students from the South Bronx and Harlem.

Provides guidance to students during the college application process, including support in selecting suitable colleges and expanding access to institutions previously considered inaccessible. In one documented instance, assisted seven students with college applications.

Extends mentoring and academic support to a smaller cohort of students in New York City and students in Gaza, reflecting a broader geographic reach beyond core programs.

Provides sustained mentoring and academic support to scholarship recipients during their first two years of college to promote retention, academic success, and post-graduation outcomes. This support was provided to four students.

Supports over 600 families annually by connecting them to unemployment assistance, housing support, legal aid, and other essential services through an ongoing social service program.

Offers targeted educational, social-emotional, and enrichment programming to over 1,300 immigrant and first-generation Latinx youth ages 5–18 in Northern Manhattan, with a focus on academic achievement, college access, and healthy development.

Provides targeted reading instruction and intervention services for struggling readers in grades K–5, with support extended to older students with significant reading delays; 73% of students in the Reading Zone program advanced by two reading levels, and 88% of third graders achieved grade-level proficiency.

Distributes fresh groceries three times per month to 800 children and adults in the Washington Heights community.

Provides music instruction in guitar, choir, and Samba drumming for grades K–12, along with visual arts, cultural activities, and STEM enrichment as part of afterschool and summer programming.

Provides full-day and afterschool programming including academic support, literacy instruction, social-emotional learning, arts, sports, and recreation for students in grades Pre-K through 12 across multiple school and community-based sites in Washington Heights. Programs serve over 1,200 youth annually, with specific initiatives at P.S. 128M, Amistad Dual Language School, M.S. 319, and FYI’s headquarters.

Engaged 1,100 students during remote learning through individual tutoring, academic support, and regular check-ins, and operated hybrid in-person and virtual programs for 1,200 students in Fall 2020.

Offers college readiness workshops, in-person college tours, application guidance, and post-secondary planning support to middle and high school students, including 440 seventh graders through a DOE-funded program and 210 high school students receiving weekly guidance.

Offers individual mental health counseling, crisis intervention, support groups, and weekly Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) discussion groups using evidence-based curricula to over 600 students across program sites.