Hi there,I’m Mike Trout, the founder of an organization called Young Men’s Education Network (YMEN).
I started YMEN soon after moving to the North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago because I noticed the boys and young men around me lacked opportunities to learn from positive male role models in their community.
Over two decades later, YMEN has grown from a small after-school tutoring program in my apartment to an organization that helps hundreds of students each year excel in school and become leaders in their community.
More recently, the
My Brother’s Keeper Alliance at the Obama Foundation has become an important partner for us.