Beat the Streets Providence is a 501c3 committed to starting scholastic wrestling teams in order to inspire urban youth. Through wrestling we provide at-risk youth with lessons on the mat, support in the classroom, and strong mentors to guide them towards long term success.

When I was in middle school, I struggled. I didn’t face quite the same obstacles that many Providence youth face, but I was by no means succeeding. I was receiving Cs in school, was struggling socially, wasn’t participating in groups or activities, and was generally unconfident and unhappy.Then I found wrestling and it changed my life. In wrestling I found people who believed in me and through success on the mat found the confidence to seek success in the rest of my life.

This transformation, however, is not unique to me. I have been coaching ever since my freshman year of high school and countless times I have seen the belief and hard work that wrestling can instill in the unmotivated, the struggling, and those who most need it most. That is why it has become my mission to bring this same transformation to as many Providence youth as I possibly can. To me, wrestling represents a solution to the pervasive lack of ambition I saw in my time volunteering in Providence schools. Wrestling is a way to surround Providence youth with coaches/mentors who believe in them and who provide great examples for them to follow, as well as to provide many of them with an opportunity to succeed and realize their own competence and ability.