826 Valencia Writing Programs
826 Valencia Mission Center and The Pirate Supply Store, 826 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
About
826 Valencia Writing Programs offers homework help, creative writing prompts, individualized tutoring, and after-school tutoring and workshops. Students take part in writing cohorts, storytelling and bookmaking field trips, podcasting field trips, and other magical field trip adventures that include immersive adventures to complete a writing project. The program also includes in-classroom tutoring assistance with writing projects, in-school support for Black students, camps, field trips, and special projects and events in the evenings and on weekends, along with leadership development, leadership opportunities to prepare for college and beyond, scholarships, and application support.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., every day
826 Valencia Writing Programs is run by the nonprofit organization 826 Valencia, which is dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. The organization offers free writing and publishing programs in San Francisco for youth from underserved communities and amplifies student voices by publishing and sharing their work for others to read and hear. 826 Valencia has been operating from 2002 to 2026 and is powered by donors, volunteers, and partners who support free writing programs for thousands of students every year.
The leadership team includes staff for communications, publications, and program inquiries, including Maya Makker for communications and press, Amanda Boesen for publications and design, Melissa Anguiano for general program inquiries at the Mission Center, Kendra Lappin for evening and weekend workshops, Phuong Duong for general program inquiries at the Tenderloin Center, and Misha Villatuya for general program inquiries at the Mission Bay Center. One student, Chelsea R., describes their experience by saying, “I write about the world I wish to see, where I am powerful and where my writing can give voice to people who are like me.”
Last updated March 21, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Schedule: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., every day
826 Valencia Writing Programs is run by the nonprofit organization 826 Valencia, which is dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. The organization offers free writing and publishing programs in San Francisco for youth from underserved communities and amplifies student voices by publishing and sharing their work for others to read and hear. 826 Valencia has been operating from 2002 to 2026 and is powered by donors, volunteers, and partners who support free writing programs for thousands of students every year.
The leadership team includes staff for communications, publications, and program inquiries, including Maya Makker for communications and press, Amanda Boesen for publications and design, Melissa Anguiano for general program inquiries at the Mission Center, Kendra Lappin for evening and weekend workshops, Phuong Duong for general program inquiries at the Tenderloin Center, and Misha Villatuya for general program inquiries at the Mission Bay Center. One student, Chelsea R., describes their experience by saying, “I write about the world I wish to see, where I am powerful and where my writing can give voice to people who are like me.”
Last updated March 21, 2026.
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