Jaylen Finds His Passion for Coding

When Jaylen joined our STEM Explorers program at age 14, he was struggling in school and lacked direction. Through patient mentoring from Marcus Williams and the hands-on coding projects in our program, Jaylen discovered a natural talent for programming.

"Before Bright Futures, I didn't think college was for me," Jaylen says. "My mentor showed me that I could build things with code, and that changed everything."

Today, Jaylen is a sophomore at State University studying computer science on a full scholarship. He returns to Bright Futures every summer to mentor younger participants.