Roots and Beats fosters positive youth development through music technology, media art, and cultural engagement. We fuse tradition and technology to weave culturally-rooted digital storytelling. Roots and Beats fosters positive youth development through bilingual media art education and cultural engagement. Our programs address the opportunity gap of underserved youth through culturally responsive, project- based education and mentorship that encourages creative expression and the acquisition of employable skills. We merge tradition and technology to weave culturally-rooted digital storytelling through music and art that center indigenous and diaspora experiences.