Youth and emerging adulthood development

The gap is not talent.

The gap is structure, access, and intentional partnership.

We develop young people and strengthen the systems around them.

PISM builds the talent.PRIM builds the pipeline.

Our Mission

Develop the whole person.

To help young people and professionals strengthen identity, confidence, voice, leadership, relationships, and readiness while helping institutions create more intentional systems of support.

Our Vision

Redefine how potential is supported.

To build a future where young people enter adulthood with the confidence, relationships, guidance, and opportunity to lead meaningful lives and shape stronger communities.

A message from the founder

I created what I once needed.

Rho Singletary
Founder and Principal Consultant

I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. I entered adulthood with ambition, education, and potential, but without a clear roadmap for how to turn any of it into a meaningful career and life.

My journey through youth services, behavioral health, financial services, community development, and executive leadership showed me that talent is rarely the problem. What is often missing is guidance, exposure, confidence, relationships, and access to people who can help make the path clearer.

PISM+PRIM is the work I wish had existed when I was finding my own way. It is also my commitment to helping young people move forward with greater intention while helping the institutions around them become stronger partners in that journey.

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One vision. Two connected approaches.

Young people thrive when development and support move together.

We develop young people directly while also equipping the mentors, educators, employers, and institutions surrounding them.

Whole person development

PISM develops the person.

PISM helps young people and professionals strengthen identity, confidence, voice, communication, self advocacy, leadership, and readiness for what comes next.

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Intentional support systems

PRIM strengthens the pathway.

PRIM equips mentors, educators, institutions, employers, and community partners to invest intentionally in the next generation and create stronger pathways to opportunity.

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A more holistic approach

Talent is everywhere. Access and support are not.

The issue is rarely a lack of potential. Too often, people are navigating without a roadmap while organizations invest without a connected strategy. PISM+PRIM was created to close that gap.

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PISM develops the person. PRIM strengthens the pathway.

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Developing the next generation

Young people need guidance, practice, relationships, and room to grow.

Our youth and emerging adulthood programs help participants build confidence, strengthen their voice, form meaningful connections, practice leadership, and prepare for the decisions and opportunities ahead.

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Collective impact

Communities grow stronger through intentional collaboration.

We help partners move beyond fragmented efforts and toward shared strategy, stronger relationships, aligned resources, and sustainable community impact.

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Who we partner with

Designed for the people and institutions shaping what comes next.

Education

Schools, Colleges, and Universities

Secondary schools, higher education institutions, student support teams, career centers, faculty, advisors, and campus leadership.

Youth Development

Young People and Youth Serving Partners

Emerging adults, first generation students, community organizations, municipalities, mentors, and program sponsors.

Workforce

Employers and Community Institutions

Organizations investing in the next generation through mentorship, professional exposure, workforce pathways, and community partnership.

What we are building now

Boston youth deserve more than a roadmap handed to them at the last minute.

PISM+PRIM is developing its first youth and emerging adulthood pilot partnerships across Boston. The goal is to bring whole person development, mentorship, leadership, and career exposure to young people before they are expected to make major decisions about their futures.

We welcome conversations with schools, colleges, youth organizations, employers, community partners, sponsors, and funders who want to help make this work accessible.

Move the mission forward

Let’s build stronger pathways for young people and the institutions supporting them.

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info@pismprim.com