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Since 1998, Each One Reach One has remained dedicated to its mission to divert incarcerated youth from a life in prison to become productive community members through mentor-based performing arts and academic tutoring programs.

Each One Reach One (EORO) believes that youth behind bars are children, first and foremost; that one-on-one mentoring through the creative act of playwriting, painting, academic tutoring and life skills workshops provides the best way to positively influence and change the image that both incarcerated youth and society hold of them.

We believe that young people have the right to learn from their mistakes, and when given the opportunity and encouragement that they will take personal responsibility for building a better future for themselves. After twelve years, EORO knows that education is the tool that can transform their lives.  We support their efforts through theatre and fine arts experiences, academic tutoring, and life skills training; thereby reinforcing their ability to develop into productive community members.

EORO was founded in 1998, as an advocacy organization to divert incarcerated youth and youth on probation from a life in prison. Over the past decade, we have evolved into a unique non-profit that organizes the community to participate in diversion programs serving detained youth. Our mentor-based program model engages over 100 community members annually as individual mentors, tutors, actors and painters while promoting cooperation and collaboration among the juvenile justice systems various components.


The Study Hall GED Program was developed and piloted in San Mateo County in collaboration with the San Mateo County Office of Education at the Youth Service Center in 2002. Above is a photo of the pilot program's first graduate with the President of the San Mateo County Office of Education, Each One Reach One Founder and Executive Director, and the head of the San Mateo County Court Schools.

Each One Reach One received the New American Community Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in 1999 for and was chosen as one of thirty-six “extraordinary organizations that transform lives and strengthen communities” by The San Francisco Foundation in 2007.  This year the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, nationally recognized EORO as one of 50 semi-finalists out of 459 nationwide nominations for the 2010 Coming Up Taller Award.  In 2008, EORO helped author and pass AB622, which lowered the General Education Development Testing (GED) age from 18 to 17, affording incarcerated youth the opportunity to receive a GED.