youth mentoring
November 26, 2022
It is with tremendous joy that we officially announce our expansion to Brazil—home country of our founder, Vinicius Tinoco. We currently have two programs up and […]
November 13, 2018
On Tuesday October 23rd, we had our second workshop out of a four-part art series collaboration with Creative Flow of Long Beach. This workshop was a […]
November 13, 2018
On September 25th, Next Up initiated a four-part Art Workshop series in partnership with Creative Flow of Long Beach. The first part of our series was […]
April 8, 2018
Filmed & Edited by Luke Lutz. Another successful celebration is in the books, as Next Up graciously welcomed the Dickies Skate Team to our Lab in […]
March 5, 2018
On February 16th, Ryan Decenzo made his way from Huntington Beach, CA to Anaheim to show support to our efforts. Ryan was familiar with our organization; however, […]
March 3, 2018
To kick off our educational field trips for 2018, we visited the new headquarters for skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, located in Costa Mesa, CA. The 182,000 sq […]
March 1, 2018
On Feb. 27th, Annette Castellanos, a local graphic designer and friend of ours, returned to Next Up to lead her second workshop for our participants. Again, […]
February 10, 2018
On February 3rd we packed a van with 10 Next Up students, a filmer, a photographer, and our volunteer Greg LaRosa and visited Elliot Sloan’s compound […]
September 13, 2017
It took more than a year to make this dream a reality, but at least the day came. Professional skateboarder Nick Tucker came to Next Up […]