OUR MISSION

We believe every child can create their own roadmap to academic, social, and economic success.

our mission
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The Program

We created LIFE NAVIGATOR to provide students with concrete executive functioning skills, social-emotional learning, and life management tools through a unique, holistic advisory-based curriculum model.

why it matters

Our Curriculum

Sixth Grade

Executive Functioning
(planning, organizing, prioritizing, navigating disappointment and building buoyancy)

Seventh Grade

Executive Functioning + Exposure
(reimagining + developing
social networks)

Eighth Grade

Executive Functioning + Shared Experiences
(building community to enhance school and community engagement)

High School

Executive Functioning + Workforce Development
(developing skills to carry into college and life)

College + workforce development

Executive Functioning
(planning, organizing, prioritizing, navigating disappointment and building buoyancy)

The Life Navigator program has been a huge asset to our students and school community! It is easy to tell students to “get organized” or “manage your time better,” but it’s another thing to know how to teach those skills. That is why the Life Navigator curriculum is so essential! ....Taking the time to be intentional with this work is helping empower our students in a way that impacts them immediately and will continue to drive their success throughout their lifetimes.... This has been a great partnership for our school!

– Rachael N., principal, Quail Hollow School, Charlotte, NC

OUR ROOTS
Practical Experience Meets Scientific Research

The Life Navigator School Program grew from Ana Homayoun’s two decades of hands-on work with students, backed up by hundreds of hours of research. An educational innovator, noted teen and millennial expert, and author of three books, Ana’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, as well as on CNBC, ABC News, and NPR.

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