Mission
We discover, empower, and support youth leaders. These leaders are taking action to raise awareness, inspire, and design a healthier, more inclusive, and responsible digital world. Our focus is youth centered agency and makes up our core values and practices. We don’t tell these leaders of the future what to do. We ask them.
LookUp is a 501(c)(3) social venture dedicated to helping young people thrive in the digital world.
We
To feel proud of who we are & finding our confidence in our most authentic selves.
To connect with others interpersonally and create a supportive and unique community.
To improve the world we live in.
To create tech life balance that is healthy for us both socially and personally.
To reach out when we need to break free from the mental hardships we battle personally and online.
For hope and empowerment.
In 1997, when Susan Reynolds, a life-long educator and Co-Founder of LookUp.live, was the director of academic technology for an all-boys middle school, she witnessed the promise and peril of the internet and became deeply concerned about technology’s role in young lives.
After 22 impassioned years working on digital wellbeing, mindfulness, and youth leadership, Susan came to an “aha” moment while waiting for a flight in Santa Barbara, CA. Nearly 100% of all solutions have been designed by adults. No one was asking the kids to come up with the solution.
Now, we are.
And there it began. With one kitchen conversation, Susan and her mother, Ann Reynolds, who was also an educator, Co-Founded LookUp to give young people the opportunity to live in a healthier and more humane digital world.
"Young people have and are the answers to the complex digital issues facing them today. We must continue to listen, invest in, and support their ideas and actions."
— Ann Reynolds, Co-Founder of LookUp.
