Border Youth Tennis Exchange
BYTE is a binational youth development organization that provides athletic, art, tech-based academic, and job readiness training to children and adults on both sides of the US/Mexico border. BYTE Specializes in locked facility programming, supporting vulnerable displaced populations in Arizona, California, and Sonora (Mexico). BYTE hosts 14 in-person program sites, partnering with migrant and child-welfare shelters, state and municipal prisons, and in-residence facilities for adults and youth with developmental and behavioral disabilities. BYTE highlights the impact sports diplomacy and sports-based interventions can have on community resilience, humanitarian aid, and public health.
A Binational organization
VIDEO SHOWCASE
Tennis & Ed on the US/Mexico Border: Take a look under the hood of BYTE and see how it is combating divisive stereotypes and making a difference in the lives of kids in the border region.
Welcome to the Ambos Nogales border region. Please take a few minutes to learn about the unique communities BYTE operates in and the dynamic social and economic challenges that BYTE student-athletes face.
Meet Mia and Kamila, two BYTE student-athletes from Nogales Arizona. Let’s hear what BYTE means to them and what they think about being in a cross-border program.
Let’s eat breakfast with Adrian and his brothers in Nogales Sonora as they prepare for their morning BYTE class.
You’re invited to the BYTE Rally for Border Youth, a cross-border mural project and festival at The Wall, that included BYTE’s 300 student-athletes, the Mayors of Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora, and the US Consul General.
Follow our binational BYTE team on their formal delegation to the 2019 US Open!
BYTE 2020: Border Youth Play During Covid-19
This video documents how Border Youth Tennis Exchange (BYTE) has adapted to virtual programming during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
BYTE Refugee Support
Sports & Resiliency on the US/Mexico Border
BYTE WINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION!
BYTE was selected as one of five national winners for the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation’s largest public health philanthropy and their annual Sports Award recognizes sports teams, athletes, and community-based organizations that use sports as a platform to address community health challenges. BYTE was chosen from close to 300 incredible organizations working to create opportunities and empower youth across the United States.
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