Executive Director Kimberly A. Collins, MFA, founded SOAR in 1990 after working as a teacher and bearing witness to the trauma, conflict, and confusion some of her young students faced. Ms. Collins is a published poet, writer and professor of English at Howard University who created SOAR’s six and eight-week workshops that use her trademarked Writing Training Wheels™ included in her workbook: Choose You! Wednesday Wisdom’s to Wake Your Soul! SOAR seeks to target BIPOC young women ages 18 to 26 who are out of work, out of school, attending adult literacy programs, in returning citizen programs, young women aging out of foster care, teen-mom facilities and other community groups as needed. SOAR seeks support for its Writing for Healing workshops and annual My Daughter’s Power Circle Retreat which is the culminating activity of its six and eight-week writing workshops. The Power Circle is transformative in its design to catch young women at pivotal moments in their lives to impact choices that affect their physical and mental well-being by connecting them to Mother Mentors who volunteer to provide their mentees a continuum of care.