Led by Co-Executive Directors, Shalina Ali and Fidel Verdin, TRUE Skool's mission is to engage, educate and empower youth and communities through the Creative Arts and Hip Hop Culture! True Skool hires local artists to teach eight-week-long after-school programs on the subjects of DJing, emceeing, breakdancing, visual arts, music production, live band and video production. Students from ages 14 to 19 learn how to use art as a means of creative thinking and problem solving—whether or not they choose to pursue a career in the arts.