Beat the Odds is dedicated to serving under-resourced youth in Boston’s low-income communities through its Creative Youth Development Program. With the recent decline of funding for music and art programs in public schools, we aim to help fill that void by providing students with a unique opportunity to explore their creativity and unlock their hidden talents. Our mission is to provide a safe space, where young people will have access to the creative tools necessary to inspire self-awareness and encourage mental health and healing from trauma through music and arts.

Beat the Odds Boston (BTO) envisions a community where Boston's Black and Latinx youth are empowered to reach their full potential through personalized growth and creative development. We aim to break generational cycles of trauma, equipping our youth with the skills to become leaders who drive positive change in their communities. BTO's vision is to create a lasting legacy of empowerment, resilience, and empathy that shapes a brighter future for generations to come.

Goal One: Grow our programs by recruiting more students and fundraising enough to be able to adequately compensate our instructors.

Goal Two: Acquire our own dedicated space for programming.

Goal Three: Grow our organization structure to be able to hire full time staff who can help us with programming and financial accounting,

Feedback from our youth and participation in planning of programs is an important piece of BTO's strategic priorities. Our instructors are committed to providing the best possible experiences for our youth and therefore spend considerable time connecting with our participants to understand their individual needs, goals, and challenges. Instructors gather this information and bring it back to the senior leadership who incorporate this feedback into their curriculum planning. Every year we collect feedback and revise programming that reflects our participants' needs. We have added videography/photography as a track in addition to podcasting.