Dream North Foundation

The Dream North Culinary Arts Apprenticeship Pilot will provide foster and systems-impacted youth in Los Angeles with hands-on culinary training, mentorship, and paid work experience to support long-term economic mobility. The program includes a 12-week kitchen-based instructional phase followed by nine months of paid on-the-job apprenticeship with local food industry partners. This pilot directly addresses income inequality and youth economic advancement while laying the foundation for a scalable culinary workforce development model.

The Story Time literary efficacy internship program has an invaluable impact on more than 500 inner city children per year, educating students to proctor book reading and creative writing workshops at our after school program and through field trips at various foster agency partner sites throughout LA County. In addition, up to 5 of the foster youth affiliated with our program will be given an opportunity to co-author a novel within our “Forgotten Baby” children’s book series, contributing text and illustrations to these creative publications.

Inspired by our themed children's book "Forgotten Baby", through "Story Time with Dream North & Friends" programming, Dream North Foundation emphasizes the importance of literary efficacy, STEAM education, college and career readiness, and bridging cultural gaps through collaboration. By offering youth literary arts festivals, entrepreneurship and culinary arts after school and summer programs, book reading and creative writing workshops, and year-round online educational platforms, as a community, together, we can Dream, Believe & Achieve.