Just Like Me Cultural Arts and Educational Experience is a 3-week camp for 15 to 17-year-old teens. Created, hosted and run by The Performers Academy, talented artists lead the teens in an exploration of their experiences. The students learn to express themselves through the arts and share their stories with the community in a final performance at the end of the program.

Just Like Me Cultural Arts and Education Experience was developed by TPA in 2012 and has been recognized as an Exemplary Program by the Center for the Study of Social Policy under their Youth Thrive initiative. This Camp also received recognition from Mental Health of America as a featured program. Just Like Me has transformed the lives of both foster children and our artistic instructors every summer for the past 11 years. 100% of our Just Like Me Cultural Arts Experience attendees are in foster care and categorized as “at risk youth.”