Board of Directors

Mary-Helen Toppin, Board Certified Behavior Analyst - Director and Founder

Stanley Wright, Counselor and Mentor

Yuma Mettelus, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Elizabeth Schumacher, Educator

Substance Abuse and Recovery Counselor

Motivational Speaker and Mentor

• Trickle-Down Mentoring Inc. was founded by a parent who, through personal experience has realized there is a void that needs to be filled. Mentors are few and far between, but the need is great. The founder is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, with years of experience working with children with autism and their families. However, personal experience has driven a desire to address the needs of young at-risk men with no direction or ambition, and who become vulnerable to risky behaviors and life altering bad decisions.

• Trickle-Down Mentoring is a Christian-based start-up non-profit, aiming to address the growing epidemic of young men entering the juvenile detention and prison system. It is a direct response to the “school to prison pipeline” which includes policies and practices that directly and indirectly push students out of school and on a pathway to prison, through addressing underlying issues and providing services such as counseling, mentoring, behavior therapy and tutoring. Trickle-Down Mentoring expects to grow exponentially with branches throughout the communities, states and the nation.

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