portrait — Emma
Emma Bernal
DePaul University · Cybersecurity
"YTC was the best decision I ever made, and I am confident that I will be successful in life because of it."
YTC 2021–2023
About the chapter • At ETHS since 2009
We teach kids to teach kids. At ETHS, since 2009.
Youth Technology Corps is built on one idea, held for 28 years: young people learn best by teaching. A student masters a hands-on skill — rebuilding a computer, coding a robot — then turns around and teaches the next student. The subject can change. The system doesn't.
Who runs it
Built by students. Run by students.
And along the way, the group has been introduced to the occasional mentor — college engineers and returning alumni who lend a hand, then step back.
PHOTO — Team Prosper
What we stand for
Seven values, held for 28 years.
Equality & Human Rights
Knowledge shouldn't depend on where you were born.
Servant Leadership
Leaders empower and support others to succeed and grow.
Service as Strength
Our strength comes from helping others.
Youth Empowerment
Students do real service — and see the impact directly.
Community Empowerment
Grassroots effort, combined with strategic leadership.
Innovation Through Technology
Technology makes knowledge accessible to everyone.
Lifelong Learning
Knowledge keeps expanding — so do our programs and people.
Where the model lives
One philosophy, two continents.
MAP — YTC in Africa
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YTC in Africa
MAP — YTC in Mexico
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YTC in Mexico
Support the youth who pay it forward — and then some.
Every gift funds a student who will teach the next. That's the return: it keeps giving, long after the gift.
Donate to YTC →Alumni & mentors
Meet some of the team that lend a hand to raise up YTC's next group of leaders.
portrait — Ava
Ava Mosely
Purdue University · Mechanical Engineering
"I can confidently say that this club has well prepared me for engineering in college and beyond."
YTC 2021–2023
portrait — Furqaan
Furqaan Idrees
Class of 2026 · still teaching
After graduation, he trains the teachers of the same Camp Kuumba families whose computers he refurbished as a freshman. His journey →
portrait — Juan
Juan Zarco
Volunteer CTO, YTC Alliance
From a sophomore who'd never opened a computer to a master's in ECE at UIC — now leading the technology that once taught him.