Leadership Principles for Teens Empowering Students to be Future- Ready is authored by a high school drop out who returned to compete her GED and PHD. She is a former educator, counselor and mentor who has written an informative, inspirational and self help book for students. The book contains principles, methods, strategies, and tips to assist teens in taking control of their lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to students and we are seeing mental health impact. Dr. Reba’s broad approach is designed as a dropout prevention for at-risk students and offers a wide range of topics and the life skills to prepare students for the future, and improve their lives. The research and statistics of teenage high school dropout, juvenile delinquency cases, and suicide are alarming. In the United States, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school. That’s a student every 26 seconds - or 7,000 a day according to the Department of Education. The lack of education then leads to a lack of opportunities for employment and increases the risk of incarceration. Of all of the males in federal and state prisons, 80 percent do not have a high school diploma. There is a direct correlation with a lack of high school education and incarceration. One in ten male dropouts between the ages of 16 to 24 is either in prison or in juvenile detention. African-American man without his high school diploma will be imprisoned by his mid-thirties. It is further noted that juvenile incarceration decreases the likelihood of high school graduation by 13 percent according to the Hamilton Project. According to the National Institute of Mental suicide is the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 - 24. Teens that take steps to correct, avoid, or prevent problems can make their lives better. Poor choices lead to bad consequences. Good decisions lead to personal, academic, and professional successes. To move from poverty to middle class or middle class to wealth teens must be educated. Every teen deserves to live and succeed in life and .Leadership Principles for Teens Empowering Students to be Future- Ready is a practical guide to help teens with organizational management to keep things organized, provide self-care and wellness activities for healthy living habits and understand how credit cards work, and saving money to control finances. Student learn how to resolve conflicts improve relationships with peers, employers, teachers and parents and how to solve problems more quickly. The anger management methods and manners and etiquette help to improve social and academic behaviors.