MY TURN was started in 1984 by Brockton High School alumnus and successful businessman Paul Protentis. With the dynamic leadership of school-to-career administrator Barbara Duffy, MY TURN has grown into one of the leading providers of vocational and educational services for teenagers in small, urban communities.

MY TURN’s mission is to “assist youth in the development and identification of their skills, goals and self-confidence through career exploration, employment training, and postsecondary planning in collaboration with partnering organizations.” MY TURN seeks to help under-served young people make a successful transition to adulthood, in part measured by job placement and retention, and post-secondary education enrollment and credential acquisition.

MY TURN, Inc. partners with public schools and universities, community-based organizations, and state and federal agencies, such as the Departments of Labor and Education, to provide education and employment training services to economically and socially disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. MY TURN’s methodical and critical approach to identifying and establishing community partners and obtaining and leveraging private grant dollars with public grant dollars has helped the agency grow from serving 100 youth in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1984 to serving more than 2,000 youths in fourteen small cities throughout Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire