Young Artists 4 Equity (YAE) is an organization created to increase diversity & inclusion in the arts for disadvantaged young people across the United States. We are committed to dismantling exclusive systems that often make the arts inaccessible to thousands of schools. YAE works with arts high schools all over the country, connecting them to elementary schools with high portions of low-income, monolingual, and/or students of color who struggle to create long-term, substantially funded arts programs. We organize weekly volunteering sessions where teens become “arts mentors,” learning how to forge passions & uplift marginalized voices. In many of our schools, our K-5 students are often unable to have an art or music class for two weeks in a row, making it difficult to retain skills and stay motivated. Through our program, students in these communities have something to look forward to every week without fail. Our mentors strive to close equity gaps in the arts world, whether that be through making music, dance, art, or writing more inclusive and accessible to every child attending school in the United States.