The mission of Essential2Life is to develop and empower urban students to achieve their full potential and become thriving leaders who positively impact our communities.  

E2L’s vision to “end generational poverty one student at a time.” We do that by operating a leadership and life skills training program for Atlanta area urban high school youth called FIFTEEN. Our interactive curriculum is designed around the core values of character, commitment, life-long learning, and servant leadership. E2L’s impressive results:  participating students not only succeed in and graduate from high school (at a 100% rate), but also go on to college (89%) or the military (6%).