Are You Ready
To Change The Future?
Empowering youth through multimedia programming and 21st-century skills development. Creating pathways to success in tech and media careers while celebrating every culture and background.
Our Mission
The R.E.C. is dedicated to welcoming and supporting young visionaries from all walks of life, breaking down systemic barriers. Every youth carries a unique gift and a powerful story; our role is to provide the foundation they need to share their voice with the world. By fostering healthy expression, we empower them to build a pathway toward sustainable, lifelong success.
Vision
Empowering youth through multimedia programming and 21st-century skills development. Creating pathways to success in tech and media careers while celebrating every culture and background.
The Creators Ecosystem
We’re building a nationwide movement to democratize the creative economy. Our Creators Ecosystem connects young visionaries with vetted industry veterans, turning technical potential into professional success in tech and media.
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Engage Local Creatives
We mobilize a diverse community of industry pros—from filmmakers to software engineers—who are mission-driven to share their high-level skills with aspiring talent.
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Youth-Mentor Matching
We curate high-impact pairings based on career goals and creative interests, fostering deep mentorships that turn passion into professional excellence.
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Vetting Curriculum
Security and quality are paramount. Every mentor is rigorously vetted and trained through our proprietary framework to guarantee a safe, structured, and expert-led environment.
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Navigate & Build Future
This is where dreams become reality. Mentors guide youth in launching digital portfolios, navigating complex industry landscapes, and mastering the strategic skills needed to win.
Programming
What makes Raising Every Culture unique is our commitment to evolving alongside the realities young people face today. We create spaces and experiences that expand access to opportunity, strengthen youth voice, and build leadership so young people can shape their futures and influence their communities. Through both virtual and in-person engagement, we ensure every young person has a place to belong, grow, and be heard.
Content Creator Academy
Learn how to develop your brand through innovative strategies and guidance from other content creators. This journey is about more than views it's about sustainability
Editing For Your Future
Learn about premiere pro, after effects, photoshop. Learn project management and communications to refine your vision casting and leadership skills to multiple career pathways
21st Century Skills Workshops
Learn real world transferrable skills to stand out in your unique career pathway. Each journey is tailored for each individual, we threw away the template and our goal is to co design success with each participant
Entrepreneurship Accelerator
Learn how to go from concept to market. Build, manage, and scale your own businesses with practical tools and mentorship to create your own unique pathway
Internship & Career Pathways
Youth will have an opportunity to learn and develop transferrable skills through internships in their related field along with leadership internships with the REC
AI-Powered Learning Journey
Learn how to utilize and leverage AI resources to create a custom next level success pathway for sustainable success
Everyone has their own creator DNA
Raising Every Culture (REC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping youth discover who they are, what they carry, and how they create. Through creative pathways, entrepreneurship, and culturally grounded learning experiences, REC expands access to opportunity while equipping young people with the tools, confidence, and leadership skills to build meaningful futures.
REC’s Creator DNA Assessment is a signature tool that helps youth uncover their unique strengths and creative wiring. Whether they are Builders, Visionaries, Storytellers, Strategists, or Connectors, the assessment provides insight into strengths, learning styles, and growth pathways. It serves as a foundation for personalized skill-building, mentorship, and real-world opportunities that align with each young person’s strengths while fostering confidence, leadership, and community contribution.
The Gaps We're Called to Fill
Our communities face significant challenges, from local youth unemployment and limited access to professional tools, to the global impact of digital transformation and skills gaps.
90%
Lack Digital Skills
Significant implications for economic growth
90% Won't Have
Access to Equipment
Percentage of local youth without professional multimedia tools
90%
ICT Roles Transformed
Anticipated shift in Information and Communication Technology jobs due to AI
What makes the REC Unique
We believe solutions are most powerful when they are built with young people, not just for them. Our approach places youth voice at the center, positioning young people as active partners in shaping their futures and their communities. Through a co-design process, youth identify their strengths, interests, and goals while building leadership, confidence, and a sense of ownership.
We integrate social-emotional learning as a foundation for growth, supporting self-awareness, emotional regulation, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. By nurturing the whole person, youth develop resilience and the interpersonal skills needed to thrive in school, work, and community life.
We expand access to opportunity by developing skills beyond traditional pathways. Through digital literacy, creative technology, entrepreneurship, problem-solving, and collaborative leadership, young people build adaptable skills that support long-term stability, economic mobility, and purpose.
Our work empowers youth to become creators, decision-makers, and leaders who contribute to solutions that strengthen their communities.
Consulting & Organizational Development
Leveraging Raising Every Culture’s community-rooted expertise, our consulting arm partners with organizations to build capacity that strengthens community voice and expands access to opportunity. We support partners in developing sustainable systems, leadership practices, and community-engaged strategies that deepen local impact and support long-term change.
Training Services
Empower your team with specialized training programs designed to foster inclusive practices and leadership development, building internal capacity for lasting change.
Vision Casting & Strategic Planning
Clarify your organizational direction and craft actionable strategic plans for sustainable growth, ensuring every initiative aligns with your core mission.
Donor & Grant Messaging
Refine your outreach with compelling messaging and verbiage that deeply resonates with prospective donors and grant-making bodies, attracting crucial support.
Grant Writing Services
Secure vital funding through expertly crafted grant proposal, translating your organization's mission and impact into successful grant acquistions.
Organizational Transformation
Navigate complex changes with tailored consulting that drives efficiency, cultivates a positive culture, and ensures long-term organizational health and resilience
Future Sustainability Mapping
Anticipate challenges and opportunities by developing robust strategic roadmaps for future success, ensuring sustained relevance and impactful leadership in your field
With access, and innovative opportunities being a challenge in youth development our program provides constant access where 0% of youth will be turned away due to our hybrid model being available year round
Founder- David Pedraza
Who We Serve
Raising Every Culture (REC) serves youth and families from communities that have historically faced barriers to opportunity, access, and creative pathways. We focus on young people who are ready to discover their voice, develop real-world skills, and build a future rooted in purpose and possibility.
Through culturally grounded experiences, mentorship, and creative skill-building, REC supports youth in strengthening confidence, exploring entrepreneurship, and expanding pathways for growth. We also partner with families, schools, and community organizations to ensure young people are supported not just in programs, but within the environments where they live, learn, and grow.
6M
Youth in the U.S. are disconnected from education and employment, potentially reaching one-fourth of all youth
200
New and innovative workshops by 2026 that promote new career pathways
15%
Mentored youth saw an increase in earnings between ages 20 and 25
20%
Mentored youth are more likely to pursue higher education compared to their peers without mentors