Is created, based on Socratic Summer Academy, a camp that’s been running since 2010

First cohort of kids, one session, at Bentley University

Serves kids from NYC and Boston/North Shore MA

Every student receives a tablet to go with the in-house SAT AI-styled app we built

Yleana lengthens to two sessions

Adds Philadelphia and Baltimore to list of areas served

Runs programming at Colgate and Siena (Colgate has been our home since 2010 for SSA, and Yleana has started doing our first session there)

Increases to serve 80 students/summer!

Solidifies our average score increase as 320 points (out of 2400, the old SAT total of points)

Runs programming at Colgate and Syracuse University

Begins adding functionality to our Yleana portal, which houses all our tests, grades our tests, allows students to apply, us to SMS students, and many other things!

At camp, we have a program director who solidifies and builds upon Yleana’s summer camp-feel programming and leaves a legacy for program directors in the future

Has its first year with a mental health and wellness director

Runs programming at Colgate University and Endicott College

Yleana adds its first Curriculum Residency with a number of partners in Baltimore, which allows it to iterate on curriculum during the year.

We also add 2 more board members (besides the 3 founders)

Runs programming at Daemen University and Colgate University

Yleana acquires SSA, the camp on which it’s based

Found a second home and spent our first year at Mount Holyoke College, which built a fire pit just for us!

Runs programming at Colgate University and Mount Holyoke College

Our first Yleana cohort (Yleana 2013) graduates from college!

Applies for and receive 501c3 status (backdated to 2016) in our final year of angel funding.

Runs a fall Curriculum Residency at Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, raising students’ scores an average of 110 points in 18 hours of prep where Alyssa worked with the majority of the entire senior class (5 classes during the school day, 36 students)

Runs our first bootcamp at Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women

Runs a second curriculum residency during the spring at Central Park East High School

Runs summer programming at Colgate University and Mount Holyoke College, which has become our second home

Despite the pandemic, Yleana continues offering programming - we pivot to online instruction for our high schoolers, and build out our mentoring programs, continuing to offer virtual support

Hosts our first gala

Recruits a team of 30 interns joining us to build a fundraising network

Able to fundraise our entire budget

Launches our district-wide SAT prep options for Baltimore City

Expands our School- and District-Based initiatives - almost doubling them!

Begins a partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools for a summer career exploration camp for middle schoolers

Adds a college-to-career transitional mentoring program to help students transition to the “real world” and figure out “what can I actually do with this piece of paper you made me get?”

Yleana returns to in-person summer camp - finally - with both sessions at Colgate University!

Able to fund-raise enough to send 51 kids to camp and have an amazing summer!

During the summer, we are running 3 camps simultaneously

Supports a Baltimore school through a full year of improving college readiness!

Receives a generous grant from the Maryland legislature/Gov. Hogan that will help underwrite costs for the Baltimore City SAT program

Yleana receives the first of three seeds of its endowment - securing its mission in perpetuity!

Adds college persistence mentoring

Celebrating our 10-year anniversary of decreasing the racial wealth gap by building our foundation!

Continuing in-person summer camp at Colgate and Mount Holyoke.

Will fundraise enough to beat 2022.

Will run 3 camps simultaneously.

Increasing in-person programming in our 4 partner cities to better support our alums!

Acquires access to Betterhelp’s mental health resources for alums!

Running a financial literacy course for alums and their families!