Our organization’s mission is to foster, develop and support youth initiative, and a strong representational youth voice in the service and decision-making life of our community, and to engage youth as resources on a county, state-wide, national and international basis. After serving AmeriCorps as a Service Learning Coordinator in the Milwaukee Public Schools, I witnessed the wisdom, energy, and potential youth have to change the world! I was inspired to keep working to encourage youth voice in society, and was also motivated to return to Michigan. My upbringing in Detroit strongly influenced my commitment to social justice, and I wanted to return to a place where my creativity would be valued and my passions put to work. All of our programs at the Youth Empowerment Project are youth-led and strive to ensure that the youth of Washtenaw County are respected and engaged as active participants in their community and school.
| Job Title: |
Program Coordinator/AmeriCorps VISTA |
| Company: |
Youth Empowerment Project |
| College: |
Loyola University Chicago, Human Services, Sociology, and Urban Studies, Chicago, IL
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| High School: |
Trinity Catholic/Bishop Gallagher, Harper Woods, MI
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| Lives In: |
Ann Arbor |