May is Mental Health Month and with many sources reporting an increase in mental health disorders due to the coronavirus pandemic, now is a great time to do our part to raise awareness for a topic that is making headlines around the world. In a column for Lawrence Executive Alliance of Professionals (LEAP) LLC (check […]

The quarantine has been difficult for everyone. It has caused us to find a new ways to work and learn from home, it has separated working parents from school-aged students and it has caused us to long for a world where we were free to meet up with friends, have dinner with family and shop […]

Most students across the country and around the world have experienced an abrupt end to learning in the classroom setting. Zoom meetings and review and enrichment materials have replaced one-in-one educational situations, but the value of the learning experience has been greatly affected. And while some students have celebrated the six-month spring/summer break, there is […]

The feeling of accomplishing a task is like no other. To complete a challenge successfully helps build self-esteem; offers an experience to learn and enhance knowledge on the subject; helps us to feel calmer when a to-do list gets shorter; and inspires us to believe in our capabilities. But pushing ourselves to achieve great things […]

We’re in the middle of a pandemic. A health and economic crisis that will have lasting negative effects for many, many years to come. You’re likely feeing some anxiety. We all are. We’re concerned about the health of our friends and loved ones and, of course, many are seeing their finances greatly impacted due to […]

Just like you, here at LEAP Foundation DC, we’re continuing to find creative ways to make use of our time during the nearly nationwide stay-at-home order intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus. People all around the world are facing difficult times, including loss of employment, illness, lack of educational resources, boredom and loneliness. […]

Across the country and around the world, we’re all feeling the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic. Hospitals and health care workers, employers, parents, students, teachers – all are feeling a level of anxiety over the future. Will we have enough equipment to treat those who will require hospitalization? Will unemployment continue to rise? Will our […]

Students and parents: Last week, we provided a resource of educational and fun things you can be doing while your school may be closed due to the coronavirus epidemic. You can find that column here. We hope you have taken some time to virtual visit a zoo, aquarium, museum, or historical location, brush up on […]

Families across the nation – and all around the globe – for the first time in most of our lives are facing a time like no other. It is a time of uncertainty, fear and illness. Students find themselves home indefinitely when they should be in the final weeks of the school year, preparing for […]

It has been an exciting time for LEAP Foundation DC scholar Kevin Thomas Akers, who recently spent time in Santiago de Chile, representing the United States at the Concausa Continental Summit. The University of Massachusetts Lowell freshman was invited to attend as the co-founder of STEM for the Streets, which exposes historically disenfranchised and underserved […]