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  • We tackle the lack of diversity in tech, media and creative industries.

    78% of our graduates are people of color,
    and 58% are women.

  • We educate low income youth in storytelling and filmmaking.

    In the past 14 years, we educated over 4,000 youth and launched more than 200 careers.

    DONATE NOW

  • We professionally train diverse creative talent for hire.

    88% of our graduates have been hired by major companies in the Bay Area.

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We Exist To End Inequality And Racism
Through The Art Of Visual Storytelling

BAYCAT is a nonprofit social enterprise based in San Francisco that provides education, create jobs and access
to low-income youth, youth of color and young women who want to become storytellers and filmmakers.

We Create Access

Too often, women and people of color work hard, believe in themselves, don’t give up, lean in
and yet still aren’t hired.

At BAYCAT we are changing that. We are literally changing the face of the creative industries
by providing free digital media arts education and paid workforce training.

BAYCAT Youth Media Programs

WE EDUCATE YOUTH

BAYCAT ACADEMY is an internationally-acclaimed media arts school. We provide free digital media education to youth of color, young women, and low income youth, ages 11-17.

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BAYCAT Young Adults Pathway

WE ARE A PATHWAY TO EMPLOYMENT

We train, mentor and employ diverse unemployed transitional aged youth, ages 18-25, and place them in major San Francisco and Bay Area companies.

Employ Our Graduates
BAYCAT Professional Video Production Studio

WE ARE PROFESSIONAL MEDIA PRODUCERS

BAYCAT STUDIO is the go-to media production company for socially conscious clients who want high quality video production and branding services in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

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  • The story behind BAYCAT

    Villy Wang is in the business of rewriting stereotypes, empowering youth of color to take back their narratives through storytelling. In this moving TED Talk, our founder and CEO explains how she developed a program to train kids in filmmaking so they can create new, authentic stories and break the cycle of bias perpetuated in media.

BAYCAT by Numbers

4,000+

Educated

We have educated more than 4,000 low income kids in tech and digital arts.

200+

Employed

We have employed and placed more than 200 young adults in digital media.

500+

Projects

We have produced more than 500 video projects and digital campaigns for socially-minded organizations.

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Film Festivals

We have produced award-winning and change-making short films, entertaining audiences at film festivals around the world.

Want to help? Here’s how.

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