Girls Write Now is a non-profit company that pairs disadvantaged high school girls who want to be writers with authors, playwrites, poets and editors to name just a few.  Through their mentoring process, these girls, age 13 to 20 are paired with the writers who sometimes closely resemble their own style.  The non-profit hosts one hundred students and holds poetry readings and workshops.  Girls College Bound is an offshoot of the non-profit that helps these girls with their college applications.  Some of the graduates have gone to "New York University,  Barnard, Colgate and Swarthmore, among other colleges, and have had their work published in journals, magazines and newspapers."

To visit their website:  http://www.girlswritenow.org/gwn/