Neighborhood Youth Association (NYA) empowers students to achieve 100% college placement and on-time high school graduation through mentoring, tutoring, and a holistic family approach to break cycles of poverty and vulnerability. NYA’s learning center is located in Venice, where the agency is marking 72 years of service to the Westside community. NYA was founded in downtown Los Angeles in 1906. NYA’s after school program provides urban youth ages 6-18 with targeted, individualized academic support. NYA’s Personal Best Program addresses the complex needs of students from underserved families, focusing on core academic skills, including Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math (STEAM) instruction. With this firm foundation in core academics, along with NYA’s individualized approach and life skills development, NYA students are succeeding and becoming first-generation college students.