Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
![A partner teacher at one of our schools.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MartinezCruz-e1581549075778-530x332.png)
City Year AmeriCorps members work side-by-side in collaboration with their partner teachers to fully support their students in the classroom. We are…
Read the story![AmeriCorps member talking with a student on a bench while another student listens](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYLA-93rdStElem-05.18-EHaney-0056-1-585x332.jpg)
The 2019-2020 school year is off to a great start because we get to reunite with teachers and students at…
Read the story![Three AmeriCorps members serve their alma mater in L.A.](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Stevenson-585x332.png)
Serving with City Year Los Angeles takes spirit, discipline, purpose and pride; when corps members serve in the schools they…
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“As much as I am proud of my own efforts to reach, I know so much of it is because…
Read the story![An AmeriCorps members sits at a desk with a student, pointing at his worksheet](https://www.cityyear.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CYLA-MendezHS-05.18-EHaney-0193-585x332.jpg)
Sometimes referred to as non-cognitive skills, social and emotional aptitudes such as self-management, goal-setting and problem solving have, in the…
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“What is an irrational fear you have?” This was a question I asked Manuel*, a tenth-grade student I mentored during…
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