Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.

My two years at City Year have looked very different at a glance. Although my days now consist of prepping…
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Kailani Bowers, City Year Alum and current Board member reflects on her time with City Year. Learn about her…
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Here’s what “student success coach” means to us and why we believe more schools could benefit from having this additional…
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Back in 2022, the Team Care Force 16 blog team (Andy Wilson and Ali Tibble) along with staff member Chris…
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Recently, we had a chance to catch up with City Year New Hampshire alumna Hope Bowen (‘23 & ’24), who…
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Back in 2022, the TCF member Andy Wilson and staff member Chris Farzner interviewed Albertine Samson, who served with City…
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Back in 2022, Andy Wilson with the assistance of Molly Stuber interviewed Alissa Cook, who served with City Year Tulsa…
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Choosing to mentor and tutor students is no easy job, but it is an incredibly important one. Many educational systems…
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Our AmeriCorps members are incredible leaders within their school communities. Each day they make an impact on their students, partner…
Read the storyHayden Parsley, City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps class of ’24, is a recent graduate of City Year but is already…
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AmeriCorps members starting in January add capacity to existing City Year teams and support even more students in reaching their…
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This month we sat down with City Year alum Cristian King (Seattle/King County 2014-15) to hear about his life post-graduation,…
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