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Be Your Best empowers young adults with disabilities to live with purpose and independence by connecting them to meaningful job opportunities in our community.

Co-Founders, Julie and Katie

Be Your Best, Inc. (BYB) is a nonprofit organization founded by Julie Kras and Katie Tingle. Julie and Katie are sisters who were raised to seek out ways to help others. They have always valued inclusion both in education and in real life experiences. Julie brings her experience as a special education teacher, both in inclusive and self-contained classrooms. Katie has extensive social work experience, as well as job coaching in a local transition program. Be Your Best was born in 2025 after many years of brainstorming various business ideas that incorporate their strengths and values.

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Northfield, IL

Be Your Best, Inc. is a 501(C) 3 Not-for-profit Organization. Donations are deductible to the fullest Extent of Current Tax Law.

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