LEAP Week 2026 — July 12–18 at UCLA, Los Angeles · 400 students · Ages 15–25+ · Paid spots are limited
LEAP Week 2026 · For Parents of Students Ages 15–25+

Where the next generation of leaders
meet the mentors who built the world.

LEAP Week is the #1 motivational leadership program for young entrepreneurs and leaders. For 19 years, LEAP Week has been where the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs and high-achievers discover exactly who they are — and what they're capable of. 10,000+ students. 40+ countries. 99% say it changed their life.

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July 12–18, 2026 · UCLA, Los Angeles · All-inclusive $2,595
LEAP Foundation Video
19+
Years running — the most proven program of its kind
10,000+
Students transformed from 40+ countries worldwide
99%
Say LEAP Week changed their life — after just 6 days
100+
Real mentors — entrepreneurs, executives, celebrities every summer
Be honest with yourself

Most young people spend their time figuring out what they want to do. LEAP gives them the building blocks to success that aren't typically taught in school.

You probably worked hard to get where you are. You built a career, a business, a life. Along the way you may have learned things — about people, money, how to carry yourself, how to find a mentor, how to walk into a room and feel comfortable.

Many times, nobody taught you those things. You had to figure them out the hard way. And it may have taken years.

Now you have an opportunity to give your children a 7-year head start. They are entering a world that is more competitive, more confusing, and moves faster than the one you navigated. The skills that determine success — communication, confidence, goal-setting, networking, financial thinking — are still not taught in school. Not at the best schools. Not anywhere.

LEAP has a proven record of success by bringing some of the world's most innovative and successful speakers to UCLA each summer.

"Many times the kids who get ahead are the ones who know how to communicate, network, and ask for what they want. Often the fastest road to success is by finding great mentors, having a plan, and having the confidence to execute it."

LEAP has a proven track record that shows we can close that gap in a 1-week summer program.

The LEAP difference

Before LEAP vs. After LEAP

Before LEAP
After LEAP Week
✗ Vague about the future — no real direction
✓ Written life plan with clear, defined goals
✗ No professional network — starting from scratch
✓ Exposed to 100+ mentors across every industry each summer
✗ Uncomfortable in professional settings
✓ Knows how to walk into any room and own it
✗ No idea how to interview or ask for opportunity
✓ Interview-ready with real communication skills
✗ Intimidated by successful people
✓ Comfortable talking to anyone — at any level
✗ No framework for money or financial thinking
✓ Basic financial literacy and money management
✗ Knows a few people from school — that's it
✓ Friends and peers from 40+ countries for life
✗ Finish college, move home
✓ Apply and land their dream job
What they walk away with

Six days at UCLA.
A lifetime of advantage.

Every element of LEAP Week is built around one question: what do successful people know that most young people need to learn?

01
A written life plan
Not a vague idea — a real plan, on paper, with defined goals and a roadmap for the next 5 years. 100% of LEAP students leave with this. Most adults never have one.
02
A mentor network for life
Face-to-face time with 100+ successful professionals. Not panels — real conversations that become real relationships. Some of these connections last decades.
03
Confidence and presence
Communication skills, first impressions, public speaking, emotional intelligence. The intangibles that determine how far talent actually takes you — taught by people who have them.
04
Entrepreneurship fundamentals
Business etiquette, how to pitch, how to find opportunity, how to build something from scratch. Taught by entrepreneurs who've actually done it — not textbooks.
05
Financial literacy
Money management, understanding value, how wealth actually works. The things school skips — taught early enough to actually matter.
06
A global peer network
400 students from 40+ countries. The friendships, partnerships and peer connections formed at LEAP Week are the kind that compound over decades, not summers.

The numbers don't lie.
19 years of proof.

99%
of students say LEAP Week changed their life — measured every year for 19 years
100%
of participants leave with defined, written goals — something most adults never have
10,000+
students transformed since 2008 — from 40+ countries, all walks of life
400+
students each program, led by returning alumni coaches who came back to give what they got
"One of the things we teach students at LEAP is appreciation. Out of 400 students, I would get 400 'I Appreciate' notes. Most say things like 'LEAP changed my life.' And I know that it did. The reason I say 99% is because the other 1% say 'LEAP saved my life.'"
— Dr. Bill Dorfman, LEAP Founder
From parents and students

Real people. Real results.

Parents who send one child to LEAP almost always send the next. That's what happens when something actually works.

★★★★★
"The LEAP experience is truly amazing. Both of my children have attended, and it gave them the skills they needed to formulate their vision, achieve their goals, and become successful young adults."
— Parent, Los Angeles · Sent 2 children
★★★★★
"LEAP helped my daughter identify her skills, set fire to her passions, and leap into personal greatness. She came home a completely different person. The kind of different you actually hope for."
— Parent, New York
"Never did I expect a summer program to truly change my life. LEAP gave me life lessons, my best friends, and mentors I still call today. I love coming back every year to coach because I want to give the next student what LEAP gave me."
— LEAP Alumni, now returning coach · 5th year attending
★★★★★
"My son flew from Australia not knowing a single person. He came home with 3 mentors, friends from 12 countries, and a written plan for the next 4 years. Worth every dollar and every flight hour."
— Parent, Sydney, Australia
★★★★★
"During the mentor session my daughter sat with an executive at a company she'd always dreamed of working for. That woman remembered her. Six months later — she got the internship. That's what LEAP actually delivers."
— Parent, San Francisco

LEAP students don't just feel different.
They go on to do different things.

These are real students who came through LEAP and built real careers, companies and lives. The week is short. What it starts isn't.

→
Confused 17-year-old became a startup founder at 21
"I had no idea what I wanted. LEAP gave me my first mentor and my first real goal. Three years later I launched my first company."
LEAP Alumni — Entrepreneur
→
Shy student gave a TEDx talk at 22
"I was terrified to speak in front of 10 people. LEAP taught me how to own a room. Four years after attending I gave my first TEDx talk."
LEAP Alumni — Speaker & Coach
→
First-gen student graduated top of her class
"No one in my family had gone to college. I didn't know how any of it worked. LEAP filled every gap. I graduated top of my class and had a job before graduation day."
LEAP Alumni — First-generation graduate
→
Came back 6 years in a row — now leads as a coach
"I've never found anything else that develops people this fast. I keep coming back because I want to give the next student what LEAP gave me."
LEAP Alumni Coach — 6-year attendee
→
Got her dream internship through a LEAP mentor
"During the mentor workshop I sat with an executive at the company I'd always wanted to work for. She remembered me. Six months later — she offered me an internship."
LEAP Alumni — Marketing Executive
→
Flew from Australia — came home a different person
"I left with a written plan, 3 mentors I still call, and friends from 12 countries. My parents said I came home a different person. They were right."
LEAP Alumni — Sydney, Australia
The man who built this

Dr. Bill Dorfman built LEAP because he believed every young person deserves what he had to earn the hard way.

Dr. Bill has spent his career proving that the right environment, the right mentors, and the right week can permanently change the trajectory of a life. He founded LEAP in 2008 and has shown up personally every single year since.

He's received 21 lifetime achievement awards. He's a New York Times bestselling author. He's been on ABC's Extreme Makeover and CBS's The Doctors. He has personally donated over $1.5 million to make sure students who can't afford LEAP can still attend.

But ask him what he's most proud of. He'll tell you it's LEAP.

Founder, LEAP Foundation — 19 years running
Featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover and CBS's The Doctors
Built Discus Dental from zero to $1.3 billion before selling to Philips
21 Lifetime Achievement Awards
New York Times Bestselling Author
Rated the #1 most recognized cosmetic dentist in the world
Personally donated $1.5M+ to LEAP scholarships
BD
Dr. Bill Dorfman
Founder, LEAP Foundation


"LEAP is a program that teaches things that students don't learn in school. One of them is appreciation. Before the pandemic, out of 400 students, I would get 400 handwritten notes. 99% said LEAP changed their life. The other 1% said it saved it."
— Dr. Bill Dorfman
Who your child learns from
The world's most successful people. In the room. In person. Have come and spoken at LEAP.
Past LEAP speakers include some of the world's most successful people in business, entertainment and public life.
Richard Branson
Anthony Hopkins
Paula Abdul
Kathy Bates
Jason Alexander
Mark Wahlberg
Eric Garcetti
Julianne Hough
+ More announced for 2026
Everything that's included

One price. Everything included.

No surprise add-ons. No extra fees. One investment that covers the whole week from the moment your child lands at LAX.

LEAP Week 2026 — Full Program Package
6 full days on the UCLA campus — July 12–18, 2026. Full daily programming from morning through evening.
All lodging included — on-campus housing, accessed via personalized room card. Supervised at all times.
3 meals per day — breakfast, lunch and dinner included for the full program duration.
Mentor Workshop with 100+ professionals — face-to-face sessions with entrepreneurs, executives, celebrities and industry leaders.
Small group of 8 — age-matched, internationally diverse, led by an experienced LEAP alumni coach throughout the week.
LAX shuttle included — LEAP picks your child up at the airport and drops them back at departure. No logistics stress.
Full curriculum access — goal setting, communication, entrepreneurship, networking, financial literacy, leadership workshops and more.
Written life plan — every student leaves with a real, defined, written plan for their future. This alone is worth the week.
All-inclusive investment
$2,595
Lodging, meals, full program, LAX shuttle — everything.
Sign Up Today I Have Questions — Schedule a Call Or call us: 877-855-5327

Can't attend in person? Virtual attendance is available at $449. Call 877-855-5327 for details.

Before you enroll

Every question parents ask — answered.

What age is LEAP Week for? +
LEAP Week is for students ages 15–25+, starting from rising 9th graders through college students and recent graduates. All participants are placed in small groups of 8 students matched by age and year in school, so your child is always with peers at exactly the same life stage.
What is included in the $2,595? +
Everything. The full 6-day program, all on-campus lodging, three meals per day, all workshops and sessions, the mentor workshop with 100+ professionals, and LAX shuttle service both ways. There are no add-ons and no hidden fees. Your child just needs spending money for personal items.
Is my child supervised? Is it safe? +
Yes. Students are supervised at all times and are not permitted to leave campus independently. Housing is accessed via a personalized room card. Every small group has a dedicated LEAP alumni coach throughout the entire week. Parent chaperones are welcome to accompany students on the flight — they do not attend the program itself. This is intentional: the independence is part of what makes it work.
My child is shy and doesn't know anyone. Will they be okay? +
Almost every student arrives not knowing a single person. That's not a problem — it's the design. The small group structure means your child is never lost in a crowd. They have 7 peers and a dedicated coach with them from day one. Building confidence in new environments is core to the LEAP curriculum. The students who arrive shyest are often the ones who grow the most. It's consistently what surprises parents most when their child comes home.
My child is coming from outside the US — how does that work? +
LEAP has welcomed students from 40+ countries every year since 2008. International students can arrive one day early at no extra cost — LEAP picks them up at LAX and houses them on campus overnight. A bright green LEAP t-shirt is mailed to your child before departure so they're easy to spot in the terminal. Students handle their own travel visa. Parent chaperones are welcome on the flight.
How is LEAP different from a regular summer program? +
Most summer programs teach academic subjects or extracurricular skills. LEAP teaches what school never covers and what most young people spend their 20s figuring out — how to network, how to communicate with confidence, how to set goals that actually stick, how to manage money, how to find a mentor, how to interview, how to build a life plan. These skills are taught by people who actually have them: successful entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who give their time specifically to help the next generation. After 19 years and 10,000+ students, the results are consistent. Students leave knowing who they are and what they want. Most programs can't say that.
How quickly do spots fill? When should I enroll? +
LEAP accepts 400 students per year, with a portion of spots reserved for scholarship recipients. The program fills every year. The honest answer is: enroll as soon as you decide it's right for your child. Waiting is the only way to miss it. You can enroll online at leapfoundation.com or call the LEAP team at 877-855-5327. They're happy to answer any remaining questions before you commit.
Enrollment Open Now

The program fills every year.
Don't wait. Sign up today.

LEAP has run for 19 consecutive years. It has never had empty seats. Families who wait until June consistently miss out. If you're reading this and considering it — the best time to act is now, not after you've thought about it for another three weeks.

July 12–18, 2026 — UCLA, Los Angeles
Ages 15–25+
400 students total — limited paid spots
All-inclusive $2,595
July 12–18, 2026 · UCLA, Los Angeles

Give them the week that changes everything.

19 years. 10,000 students. 99% say it changed their life. The only question is whether your child will be one of them.

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Or call the LEAP team directly: 877-855-5327
All-inclusive $2,595 · Virtual option available at $449