Urban Ed Academy was founded with a vision to inspire excitement for learning in young Black boys by matching them with Black male mentors. This work started in 2010, ultimately reaching 800 black boys in San Francisco through STEM-based learning experiences. In 2018, Urban Ed created the Man the Bay fellowship to expand this type of mentorship and affirmation beyond Saturdays and into schools because Every Child Deserves to See Themselves in the Classroom. The innovative fellowship has an audacious goal to give every San Francisco student at least one Black male teacher before 6th grade.