Better Youth, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)

Better Youth is a social impact nonprofit that empowers foster and system-impacted youth by bridging the digital divide and building creative confidence. They provide media arts training and mentoring to prepare 16–24-year-olds for careers in the creative economy.

Better Youth’s no-cost creative media programs provide technical skills training, mentorship, professional skills development, paid work experience and trauma informed social support (including wellness, nutrition, housing navigation, transportation, micro grants) to bridge the digital and diversity divide. Its apprenticeships provide career pathways in animation, interactive gaming, filmmaking and project management.