About Us
Teach-Mentor-Inspire is a non profit organization that transforms elementary through high school students into future leaders, musicians and confident entrepreneurs through mentoring and education. We engage youth and young adults as leaders through a variety of academic and enrichment programs that increase self-awareness, encourage creativity, and develop leadership skills. We know that at-risk youth who are mentored are 55% more likely to enroll in college and 78% more likely to volunteer in their community.
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Project TMI is focused on creating opportunities for young people of color to succeed in life and ultimately change their communities. Access to good education, solid mentors, and economic opportunities are the keys to reducing high school dropout rates, lowering crime, and ultimately eliminating poverty in underserved communities.
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We believe that every child is born with an entrepreneurial spirit that needs to be fostered through leadership training, activities that build self-esteem and teamwork. Our program teaches students how to generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, create budgets, and pitch ideas to investors all while developing self-esteem and leadership skills. Project TMI students will learn how to develop a real business using a fun, project-based approach.
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Project TMI's parent organization is BeHeard.world, a Boston based nonprofit dedicated to uplifting cultural pride and social justice through the performing arts.
Our Team
Teach - Mentor - Inspire is proud to boast a diverse, dynamic staff of highly passionate and dedicated professionals who hail from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Together, we collaborate to combine our individual knowledge and skills to create and develop programs that empower young people of color to work towards becoming the best versions of themselves.
Mishella Etienne-Campbell
FOUNDER/CEO
"Don't worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
- Henry David Thoreau
Mishella Etienne-Campbell is a charismatic leader and visionary with deep roots in the local Haitian community. Mishella started Project TMI after nearly 20 years experience in project management, community outreach and strategic planning. Mishella believes that investments in children is an investment in the community.
Rayna DeYoung
TEACHING ARTIST
Instrumental Music
Rayna DeYoung is a performer and teacher currently based in Boston, MA. She is pursuing her Master's degree in Saxophone Performance at the New England Conservatory, studying under Kenneth Radnofsky. She graduated from Harding University with a BA in Music and a BA in Humanities where she studied under Dr. Andrew Cook.
Delores Christopher
TEACHING ARTIST
Photography
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Delores Christopher is a veteran educator that has taught early childhood education for over 25 years. She is a public speaker, activist, and artist that loves to share her work in ways that brings the most impact to her audience and students. Delores is a much sought after teacher in early childhood and elementary education, and she is a favorite teacher for the students at Project TMI.
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Akela Franklin
2021 SUMMER PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Akela is a classical soprano, teaching artist, and arts administrator originally from Oakland, California. She comes from a family of non-profit workers and has been passionate about community engagement and equity advocacy from a young age. Since receiving a graduate degree from Longy School of Music in 2018, Akela has been fortunate to be able to combine her musical training with her enthusiasm for mentoring young people and creating social change through her work across the Boston area.
Zoe Murphy
TEACHING ARTIST
General Music
Zoe Murphy is a freelancing educator that teaches brass pedagogy, music theory, improvisation, and general music. She is versatile within the jazz/improvisation, R&B, soul, pop, reggae, and classical realms, with experience of leading her own ensembles. Zoe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Annetta Whetham
TEACHING ARTIST
Theatre & Improv
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Annetta Whethham is an accomplished musician, performer and teacher. Annetta obtained her B.Mus. in Voice and Psychology from the University of Lethbridge, and has her Master's degree from Longy School of Music in Voice and Opera.