Van Brooks founded SAFE Alternative Foundation for Education to help provide Baltimore city students with education that goes beyond the classroom.
Headquartered at the SAFE Center in Southwest Baltimore’s Franklin Square community, Brooks said a big focus is to provide hands-on learning opportunities for the 12 high school students who are in the program after school and during the summer.
“By giving them that experience and exposure, then a student comes to us and says, ‘I think I can do that with my career,’” he said.
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