Navigate NOLA is a social-emotional and community wellness organization committed to enhancing the well being of the New Orleans citizenry, across the lifespan. The organization accomplishes this through social and emotional learning programs in Early Childhood Learning Centers and elementary schools, gender based positive youth development and leadership programs for African-American adolescent girls, training, education and professional development for educators and school based mental health professionals, wellness groups for African-American women that promote self-care practices, and data collection and advocacy that seek to advance policies that combat inequities in education that exacerbate the vulnerability of children of color.