The Octavia Project brings together young people in Brooklyn to imagine new futures for themselves and their city. Through free programs that blend leadership development, skill building, and career exploration in STEM and the arts, the Octavia Project has created spaces where curiosity, creativity, and confidence can thrive. Over the last 12 years, hundreds of young women and gender-expansive youth have found community and amplified their voice through the Octavia Project, and in doing so, have learned that imagination is one of the most powerful tools for justice.

See Octavia Project teens in conversation with author and MacArthur Fellow N. K. Jemisin