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Help ForWords provides literacy programs for low-income, under-served students in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, many of whom are English language learners. ForWords Literacy Lab was founded in honor of the life of my older sister Catherine Holly, a young woman who loved reading and writing and appreciated the extraordinary ethnic, cultural and intellectual diversity of our Northern California communities. She was discovering, as well, her own voice and strength of character in the poetry and fiction she had begun to put to page. Partnered with UC Berkeley ForWords has evolved as a means of opening for other students the world of writing, thought and art, that she had set-out to explore. ForWords is a leading source of rich and engaging programs for under-served youth by providing opportunities for self-expression through writing, speaking, technology and the arts.