Luce Propria - Personalized Programs for Ambitious Youth

Our mission

Giving young people the purpose, the skills, and the lived experience to pursue leadership with confidence

Our program is built around experience: structured opportunities for teenagers to put leadership into practice, navigate real-life challenges, and take initiative on work with genuine community impact.

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Our Standards and Values

Modeled after the criteria of
the world’s most selective institutions

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Independence of Thought

Visionary thinkers are those who are curious, open-minded, analytical, and genuinely excited to boldly and creatively address our world’s important challenges.

Qualities Demonstrated

Demonstrates intellectual ability and clear thinking.

Communicates clearly based on reflection and introspection.

Seeks out new knowledge, perspectives, and experiences.

Makes sense of ambiguous circumstances.

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Purposeful Leadership

Courageous leaders who are ethical, decisive, resilient, driven to achieve meaningful results, and motivated to inspire others to effect positive change at scale.

Qualities demonstrated

Achieves impactful results.

Confronts challenges with courage, persistence, and resilience.

Includes and inspires others to effect change.

Makes decisions in accordance with values.

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Civic Mindset

Collaborative community members who are humble, empathetic, trustworthy, oriented to act in service of others, and deeply passionate about contributing to the greater good.

Qualities Demonstrated

Demonstrates humility, integrity, and accountability.

Makes a habit of serving and helping others.

Thoughtful and considerate of others’ perspectives.

Embraces difference and celebrates diverse opinions and experiences.

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We work with a small number of students at any one time. Everyone we work with deserves the space to be known, guided, and challenged in ways that are specific to them.

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Our relationship with every family is built on trust, transparency, and a shared commitment to the long-term flourishing of each young person we are privileged to know.

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