About
Meaningful Teens is an online community where volunteers teach critical literacy, English language, and mathematical skills through specific projects such as Project Omega: Math, Project Omega: Literacy, Project Speak Together, Project Kuunganisha, Project Diálogo, Project Soile, Project 1234! Home Reading Helper, Project Hope, Project Udaan, Project Diversidad/EYFO, Project Financial Literacy, Project Warriors, Project Educación, and Meaningful Debates. All projects are held virtually over Zoom, and volunteer hours are certified. Meaningful Teens reports having 4,603 volunteers, 32 programs, 3,867 students helped, and 423 MT Leaders, with tutors from all around the world.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Projects meet on various days, including weekdays and weekends, with most live sessions lasting 45–60 minutes and some projects offering flexible or offline hours
Project Omega: Math teaches 5th-grade math curriculum on Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST, and Project Omega: Literacy tutors Oakland grammar school students one-on-one online on Mondays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST. Project Speak Together is a conversational English program with one-on-one sessions for 7–13-year-old Ukrainian students on Saturdays from 9:00–9:45 AM PST. Project Kuunganisha partners American students with teens in Kenya for sharing language, culture, and friendship every other Saturday from 10:00–11:00 PM PST.
Meaningful Debates meets every other Sunday from 4:00–4:45 PM PST on Zoom and is described as a safe space for all ideas where no thoughts are wrong. Project Diálogo helps students in Mexico improve their English fluency through one-on-one conversations on Sundays from 5:00–5:45 PM PST via Zoom. Project Soile is a speaking club program for students from Kazakhstan to practice real-life English conversations, held weekly on Sundays from 9:00–10:00 AM CST (7:00–8:00 AM PST) on Zoom.
Project 1234! Home Reading Helper focuses on helping parents have the tools to teach their students how to recognize letters and words and eventually read, with no specific hours and volunteers helping offline at convenient times. Project Hope tutors Chinese primary school students in English one-on-one, with two one-hour sessions every week on Saturdays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST and 8:00–9:00 PM PST. Project Udaan helps underserved young girls in India and cultivates a passion for learning, with one-hour sessions on Saturdays from 7:30–8:30 PM PST and weekly at 8:00–9:00 AM PST on Zoom.
Project Diversidad/EYFO teaches under-resourced children in Seattle and students from Oakland via Zoom tutoring sessions on Wednesdays from 4:15–5:00 PM PST. Project Financial Literacy teaches middle and high school students critical money skills in one-hour weekly sessions on Sundays from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM CT. Project Educación helps Oakland grammar school and middle school students learn virtually with ELL and literacy education on Fridays from 4:00–5:15 PM PST.
Project Warriors mentors families in low-income California ZIP codes to build early literacy skills and understand 529 college savings plans, with fully virtual and flexible hours, and participating students may have the opportunity to meet NBA superstar Stephen Curry and enjoy Warriors-related activities. Project Steph Curry: Oakland Scholarships involves staffing sign-up tables and collecting parent information for the “1234” Home Reading Helper project at an event on August 26th from 2:00–7:00 PM. Meaningful Teens supports students throughout their growth journey from education to career advising.
Meaningful Teens was founded in April 2020 by Isabella Capelli, Aria Capelli, Carolyn Considine, and Carter Considine. Its mission statement says that Meaningful Teens offers high quality, supplemental education for under-resourced students, spanning kindergarten to college, and that Meaningful Debates encourages today’s youth to have healthy and productive conversations that will challenge their views of the world. Meaningful Teens provides immigrants with literacy services and has expanded to include refugees, low-income housing families, and indigenous students, and reports 75% literacy improvement for Oakland schools.
One testimonial from Beverly Joukoff, a retired Mt. Diablo teacher in Clayton, CA, describes Meaningful Teens’ work with immigrants and emerging English language learners of all ages and notes the founders’ goal to engage predominantly underserved children and teens so they can excel and prosper in school and beyond. Another testimonial from Monica Valerian, a kindergarten teacher at Achieve School in Oakland, CA, reports that her class scored 75% proficient on a reading assessment after starting at 0% proficiency, compared with a 30% organization-wide average in other kindergarten classes, and thanks Meaningful Teens for the support provided.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Projects meet on various days, including weekdays and weekends, with most live sessions lasting 45–60 minutes and some projects offering flexible or offline hours
Project Omega: Math teaches 5th-grade math curriculum on Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST, and Project Omega: Literacy tutors Oakland grammar school students one-on-one online on Mondays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST. Project Speak Together is a conversational English program with one-on-one sessions for 7–13-year-old Ukrainian students on Saturdays from 9:00–9:45 AM PST. Project Kuunganisha partners American students with teens in Kenya for sharing language, culture, and friendship every other Saturday from 10:00–11:00 PM PST.
Meaningful Debates meets every other Sunday from 4:00–4:45 PM PST on Zoom and is described as a safe space for all ideas where no thoughts are wrong. Project Diálogo helps students in Mexico improve their English fluency through one-on-one conversations on Sundays from 5:00–5:45 PM PST via Zoom. Project Soile is a speaking club program for students from Kazakhstan to practice real-life English conversations, held weekly on Sundays from 9:00–10:00 AM CST (7:00–8:00 AM PST) on Zoom.
Project 1234! Home Reading Helper focuses on helping parents have the tools to teach their students how to recognize letters and words and eventually read, with no specific hours and volunteers helping offline at convenient times. Project Hope tutors Chinese primary school students in English one-on-one, with two one-hour sessions every week on Saturdays from 4:00–5:00 PM PST and 8:00–9:00 PM PST. Project Udaan helps underserved young girls in India and cultivates a passion for learning, with one-hour sessions on Saturdays from 7:30–8:30 PM PST and weekly at 8:00–9:00 AM PST on Zoom.
Project Diversidad/EYFO teaches under-resourced children in Seattle and students from Oakland via Zoom tutoring sessions on Wednesdays from 4:15–5:00 PM PST. Project Financial Literacy teaches middle and high school students critical money skills in one-hour weekly sessions on Sundays from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM CT. Project Educación helps Oakland grammar school and middle school students learn virtually with ELL and literacy education on Fridays from 4:00–5:15 PM PST.
Project Warriors mentors families in low-income California ZIP codes to build early literacy skills and understand 529 college savings plans, with fully virtual and flexible hours, and participating students may have the opportunity to meet NBA superstar Stephen Curry and enjoy Warriors-related activities. Project Steph Curry: Oakland Scholarships involves staffing sign-up tables and collecting parent information for the “1234” Home Reading Helper project at an event on August 26th from 2:00–7:00 PM. Meaningful Teens supports students throughout their growth journey from education to career advising.
Meaningful Teens was founded in April 2020 by Isabella Capelli, Aria Capelli, Carolyn Considine, and Carter Considine. Its mission statement says that Meaningful Teens offers high quality, supplemental education for under-resourced students, spanning kindergarten to college, and that Meaningful Debates encourages today’s youth to have healthy and productive conversations that will challenge their views of the world. Meaningful Teens provides immigrants with literacy services and has expanded to include refugees, low-income housing families, and indigenous students, and reports 75% literacy improvement for Oakland schools.
One testimonial from Beverly Joukoff, a retired Mt. Diablo teacher in Clayton, CA, describes Meaningful Teens’ work with immigrants and emerging English language learners of all ages and notes the founders’ goal to engage predominantly underserved children and teens so they can excel and prosper in school and beyond. Another testimonial from Monica Valerian, a kindergarten teacher at Achieve School in Oakland, CA, reports that her class scored 75% proficient on a reading assessment after starting at 0% proficiency, compared with a 30% organization-wide average in other kindergarten classes, and thanks Meaningful Teens for the support provided.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
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