The children growing up in Cambridge - a city that houses world-class academic institutions like Harvard and MIT - already have a built-in, home court advantage, just by virtue of their close proximity to these institutions, as well as to the world-class biotech companies that have been gravitating to our city in recent decades. The TTT Mentor Program, which launched during the 1996-97 school year, has sought to attract mentors from these universities and institutions to share their knowledge of their fields with young children, to unlock the keys of math and science in fun, weekly lessons over each school year. We draw children from the rich, diverse multicultural Cambridge community, and over the years, we have learned that the mentors get just as much growth and enjoyment from this program as the children coming to be mentored do. We create a safe space in which people from all generations and all backgrounds come together as equals, learning from each other, and building bridges and a greater sense of connectivity, all the while keeping the goal of furthering our mentees' knowledge base front and center on the agenda.

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The TTT Mentor Program’s volunteering mentors are STEM students at a local university or STEM career professionals, and they also serve as role models for our students in terms of what nurturing, community-oriented adults they should aspire to become. The program is a completely volunteer-run organization, and it collaborates with many Cambridge and Boston community organizations. The TTT Mentor Program is a truly special program, built from and for an extraordinary community!