About Us
YCN was established in 2016 by a group of minority STEM professionals who live in Richmond, California , as a fiscal project of the West Contra Costa Public Education Fund. We provide after-school STEM and intervention programs for underserved and disadvantaged students in our community.
Prior to starting YCN, members of YCN mentored and tutored peers in college who were also underserved and disadvantaged. The work with college level students helped us see the students’ academic challenges were a result of poor and inadequate preparation at an early age. With this experience, along with being minorities in the STEM field, we were determined to make a difference. As a result, YCN was created.
YCN is an intervention after school program designed to strengthen students’ academic performance, provide guidance and mentorship at an early age. As founders navigating the intersectionality of being female, immigrant, and minority – we have had to forge ahead underrepresented and unaided in STEM fields. Therefore, we believe we have the experience to help students coming from these communities. We are keen in spotting language barriers, lack of access, and understanding of culture in underrepresented students which often go unnoticed. We have the collective social capital to make a positive impact in the lives of students in our community because we understand many of the challenges our youth face.
