The SPARK Mentoring Programs provide evidence-based K -12th grade programs and professional development opportunities that increase emotional well-being, resilience, and emotional regulation.

Founded in 2007, The SPARK Initiative became the first non-profit organization in Tampa, FL, to provide free programs to the incarcerated population that were derived from corporate leadership and wellness training concepts used in British Aeronautical Engineers, Tradewinds Resorts, and Risser Oil companies, among others. These programs spoke directly to the health inside of the incarcerated men and women instead of the illness or circumstances that led them there. In order to reach those in ne...

Founded in 2007, The SPARK Initiative became the first non-profit organization in Tampa, FL, to provide free programs to the incarcerated population that were derived from corporate leadership and wellness training concepts used in British Aeronautical Engineers, Tradewinds Resorts, and Risser Oil companies, among others. These programs spoke directly to the health inside of the incarcerated men and women instead of the illness or circumstances that led them there. In order to reach those in need sooner, we began to work with our community’s most vulnerable population, our teens. In 2014, the first SPARK Mentoring Program was developed to Speak to the Potential, Ability, and Resilience inside every Kid.