Partnering with schools to deliver world-class mentorship to students

Appa mentors help your students overcome
anxiety school stress identity issues uncertainty breakups feeling empty grief family problems loneliness

Appa mentors are college-graduate role models who support your teen whenever they need it. Mentors understand because they’ve been there too.

Hear from Real Appa Teens

World-class mentorship powered by science

Underlying every teen-mentor relationship is a deep foundation of experts, research, and safety protocol. On top of an elite clinical advisory board, the core Appa team has over 25 years of combined clinical experience from institutions like Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and UCSF.

After just 12 weeks with a mentor:

Meet our Mentors

Our mentors are gamers, activists, athletes, book-nerds, musicians, content creators, and travelers. They come from very different backgrounds, but all have one thing in common—they are super easy to talk to.

Learn lifelong skills from psychology experts

Our program teaches skills that have been shown to increase motivation, confidence, and well-being. In 1-minute videos, our experts will teach proven strategies that teens can use everyday.

  • Take control of your thoughts

    Learn how to think and act the way you want.

  • Get stuff done

    Learn to avoid procrastinating and make the most of your time.

  • Understand yourself with the latest science

    Learn about the strange ways our minds work that explain why we do what we do.

Appa mentors are vetted and experienced

Extensive Training

Accepted mentors receive extensive training from our PhD level psychology team

Background check

Every mentor is background checked as part of their interview process

College-educated

All our mentors have college degrees from 4-year universities – they understand the pressures of academics and college applications

Ongoing Supervision

Mentors have weekly mentor team calls with their Appa advisors 

Overcome their own challenges

Our mentors come with their own personal life experiences and challenges that parallel what many of our teens are going through

Mental health work experience

Appa mentors are all pursuing careers in mental health and/or have a background in psychology 

Build lifelong skills through meaningful connection.