MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts) is a community-based nonprofit founded in 1977, committed to the healthy development of under-served and under-represented families through arts and cultural programming, the promotion of academic excellence, support services, and community building. It delivers arts education to Houston-area youth via in-school, out-of-school, and summer programs, and offers free wraparound support services such as tutoring, mentoring, counseling, and college prep. It operates from the historic Dow School and TBH Center campuses.