For Schools, Districts, and Partner Organizations
HHN2L’s Educational Experiences center youth voice, culture, and creativity as drivers of belonging, confidence, and growth. Through mentorship and culturally responsive, project-based learning, students create and apply their learning in ways that build literacy, social-emotional skills, and agency. Guided by our motto, Lyrics to Action, expression becomes action, supporting youth as capable learners and leaders.
How Our Programs Work
HHN2L partners with schools and organizations to deliver flexible, standards-aligned learning experiences grounded in project-based learning, where engagement is the entry point to instruction and students actively apply their learning through meaningful projects
Partnerships
HHN2L operates as a partnership hub, aligning schools, districts, youth mentors, students, and our community around shared learning goals. Our role is to design, coordinate, and sustain collaborative learning ecosystems that expand access, strengthen relationships, and support student success.
Highly Trained Youth and Community Facilators
HHN2L programs are led by experienced educators and guided by NyRee Clayton-Taylor, 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year, with highly trained youth mentors supporting instruction, modeling leadership, and strengthening student connection.
Engagement as the Entry Point to Instruction
Engagement is the entry point to instruction at HHN2L, ensuring students are actively involved from the start and able to apply their learning through meaningful, project-based experiences.
Students participating in the READ. HEAL. FLOW. session in Berlin, Germany at the EF Global Leadership Conference.
Educational Programs WE Offer
Louisville Orchestra RAP School
Louisville Orchestra RAP School blends hip hop, music education, and mentorship, culminating in student performances with the Louisville Orchestra that build voice, confidence, and creative expression.
READ. HEAL. FLOW.
READ. HEAL. FLOW. blends social emotional learning and youth created media to support emotional well-being and student belonging through creative expression.
The REMIX Learning Model
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REMIX is a collaborative educator learning model that strengthens instruction through standards based PBL, community teaching, youth mentorship, and experiential learning.
Educational Experiences That Reach Nationally and Globally
HHN2L’s learning model is designed for transferability, demonstrating that culturally grounded, youth-centered instruction fostering vibrant learning, engagement, voice, and belonging can be implemented across diverse communities and contexts.
Vibrant Learning with YOLA
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA)
A program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
HHN2L is engaged in a three-year educational partnership with YOLA focused on cross-disciplinary music learning and youth-centered instruction. This collaboration examines how culturally responsive teaching practices and orchestral education can intersect to create vibrant learning environments that elevate student engagement, voice, and creative growth across musical traditions.
Educational Opportunities at Public Academic Spaces
Hip Hop EX LAB: Won't Stop, Can't Stop
Harvard University
Students developed critical literacy, creative inquiry, and public communication skills that prepared them to present their learning in national academic spaces. This experience demonstrates how student-centered instruction supports confidence, articulation, and readiness for advanced learning environments.
Consulting
READ. HEAL. FLOW. in Global Learning Contexts
(Student-Led Facilitation)
Education First
Berlin, Germany
In partnership with Education First, HHN2L brings READ. HEAL. FLOW. to Berlin, empowering students to lead learning across cultures through story, dialogue, and creative expression.
In this international setting, students step into facilitator roles—guiding peers through youth-created texts, reflective conversations, and expressive writing. Together, they explore identity, belonging, and global connection, using art and voice as tools for understanding and healing beyond borders.
Our Partners.
What Our Youth Mentors and Clients Say
"Last year we were able to participate in programming that changed the trajectory of many of our students for the better"
Tiffany Stoner, 8th Grade Counselor
