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MY Foundation: Street Smarts to great starts corp.
To educate, train, and employ high school teens ages 14 to 18, with life skills to achieve the success needed to become self-sufficient
With hard work and determination, teenagers will receive a quality education to create the career paths they desire.
Who We are
MY Foundation: Street Smarts to Great Starts Corp., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that was established in May 2017. The organization was established to provide today’s and future minority high school students the “option” to attend college or to prepare for a career in the construction trades. The first program: My College Going Self, began as a “pilot” project for an all African American male group of high school students at Kelly Branch Library in the Englewood Community of Chicago Illinois on March 16th 2017.
Who we serve
MY Foundation: Street Smarts to Great Starts Corp., serves minority high school teens ages 14 to 18 years old from communities in Chicago Illinois, to include Englewood, Auburn Gresham, Roseland, Bronzeville, Woodlawn, and Evergreen Park.
Our Team
Jvonne Foster
President/ Executive Director
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Shenika Jackson
Chief Operating Officer
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What we do
Our Impact
Shenika Jackson is a compassionate visionary working towards equalizing the voices and experiences of low-income African American youth. In 2017, we made a grant to Shenika for her project, My College Going Self. As a result of her work, which supports youth of color with college enrollment, financial assistance, and the overall college experience through workshops and field trips, we saw how much Shenika had to say. Shenika’s voice is one that holds a lot of value, and her willingness to step up and engage in these conversations means that our youth are in great hands