Boston Asian Youth Essential Service

Contact: 199 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA 02111, (617) 482-4243
Executive Director: Jane Leung

Our mission is to inspire Asian youth to discover and actualize their greatest potential. A community youth center provides a safe place, culturally competent services and programs, and engaging activities for teens.

In addition to providing an afterschool teen center, we provide the following programs and services:

• Education and Employment Services include tutoring, educational counseling, GED program, career exploration and job readiness workshops.

• Individual and Family Counseling Services address personal and family needs such as issues at school, parent-youth relationships and peer relationships.

• Leadership Development, to enable young people to define the world they live in and positively effect the world by taking action in the community.
• Fine Arts Workshops focus on personal expression and nurturing individual passion to create organic, traditional two-dimensional media.
• Multimedia and Technology Workshops emphasize drawing, animation design and narrative skills.
• Prevention and Intervention Programs address specific issues faced by youth and their families such as court diversion/ gang intervention and health outreach.
• Youth Development Programs are designed as collaborative efforts between staff and youth. They offer critical thinking development, problem-solving techniques.