Meaningful Teens

Meaningful Teens is an online community that teaches critical literacy, English language, and mathematical skills. Its offerings include Project Omega: Math for 5th grade students, Project Speak Together for 7-13-year-old Ukrainian students, Project Diálogo for students in Mexico, and Project Hope for Chinese primary school students.

Programs

• Meaningful Teens — kindergarten to college; immigrants, refugees, low-income housing families, indigenous students · An online community teaching critical literacy, English language, and mathematical skills; offers high quality supplemental education for under-resourced students.
• Project Omega: Math — 5th grade · Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:00 PM PST · Teaches the new 5th-grade math curriculum.
• Project Speak Together — 7-13-year-old Ukrainian students · Saturdays from 9:00 -9:45 AM PST · Conversational English program with weekly one-on-one 45-minute sessions.
• Project Kuunganisha — American students and teens in Kenya · Every other week, Saturday from 10:00 - 11:00 PM PST · Cross-cultural connection program that partners American students with teens in Kenya.
• Project Omega: Literacy — Oakland grammar school students · Mondays from 4 to 5 PM PST · Tutors Oakland grammar school students 1:1 online on Zoom.
• Meaningful Debates — teens · Every other week on Sundays from 4:00 - 4:45 PM PST · Safe space for discussion of topics relevant to teens.
• Project Diálogo — 14 and older · Sundays from 5:00 to 5:45 PM PST · Helps students in Mexico improve English fluency through weekly one-on-one conversations via Zoom.
• Project Soile — 14 and up · Weekly on Sundays from 9:00 - 10:00 AM CST (7 -8 AM PST) · Speaking club program dedicated to students from Kazakhstan to advance their English.
• Project 1234! Home Reading Helper — young kids · Helps parents have the tools to teach students how to recognize letters and words and eventually read. Volunteers help offline at convenient times.
• Project Hope — Chinese primary school students · Saturday 4-5 PM PST & Saturday 8-9 PM PST, 2 times every week · One-on-one English education sessions for Chinese primary school students.
• Project Udaan — young girls in India · Saturdays at 7:30 - 8:30 PM PST and weekly on Zoom from 8:00 - 9:00 AM PST · A project striving to help underserved young girls in India.
• Project Diversidad/EYFO — under-resourced children in Seattle and students from Oakland · Wednesdays at 4:15 - 5:00 PM PST · Zoom tutoring sessions for under-resourced children in Seattle and students from Oakland.

At a glance

• Ages: 5–18 years old

About the provider

Meaningful Teens was founded in April 2020. It supports immigrants, refugees, low-income housing families, indigenous students, and students from kindergarten to college, and it says volunteer hours are certified. The organization also notes that it has tutors from all around the world.

Several projects are described as full, closed, or on hold: Project Omega is full and no longer accepting applications; Project Omega/Literacy is currently closed for the summer; Meaningful Debates is currently on hold; Project Kuunganisha is now full and no longer accepting applicants; Project Diversidad is full and no longer accepting applications; Project Financial Literacy is now full and no longer accepting applications.

What families say

“Meaningful Teens’ trailblazing work with immigrants and emerging English language learners of all ages is impressive. Making a difference in their community and on a national and global scale, founders Isabella and Aria Capelli, and Carolyn and Carter Considine’s goal for MT is to engage predominantly underserved children and teens so they can excel and prosper in school and beyond.” — Beverly Joukoff, retired Mt. Diablo teacher - Clayton, CA

“Just wanted to share that our class scored 75% proficient on our recent reading assessment! That is in contrast to 0% proficiency at the start of the years and the current organization-wide average of 30% proficiency in other Kindergarten classes. Thank you so much for all of the support you’ve provided for our kids! It is really making a difference!” — Monica Valerian, kindergarten teacher, Achieve School - Oakland, CA

Last updated September 21, 2026.