New City kids–a non-profit in Jersey City, NJ. With a mission of “Loving kids for change to create a community of academic, leadership, musical, and spiritual development.” New City walks with a child from first grade through college and beyond. At New City 100% of their Teen Life Interns have entered college in the past five years and 90% of them have finished or are still in college. This is no small accomplishment in a city where 33% of local teens drop out of high school and 51% do not attend college. At New City kids more than 80 teens are trained to lead three after school centers, a summer camp and a sailing school.  While each of these teen-led programs are carefully structured to bring academic, musical, leadership and spiritual development to elementary age children, the act of leading them brings a whole different level of transformation to the teen