
Learn, Ask, Explore, and Practice: MLK Day Youth Jazz Event 2024
On Monday, January 15th, 2024, around 50 students and their guardians walked into a quiet area on a brisk winter’s day. The students were offered a rare opportunity to see...
Last updated: July 6, 2026

A Journey of Support for System-Involved Youth: A Time of Kindness and Healing
7 minutes read. Through art, kindness, and community, we’ve partnered with several organizations to reach Utah’s most vulnerable youth....
Last updated: July 2, 2026

Multicultural Youth Leadership Summit: Empowering the Leader Within Each Youth
5 min read | Written By: Lydia Bigcraft. Header provided by Joel P. Jensen Middle School What does it look like when you bring together an Olympic athlete, two scientists,...
Last updated: July 2, 2026

Mike Spence | Coaching Hearts and Minds
3 minute read | I moved to Utah after college to train with the legendary track and field coach, Chick Hislop, at Weber State University, hoping to earn a spot...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Wes Porter | Rural Roots and Serving with Honor
2 minute read | My grandfather brought me to rural Utah from San Diego, California. We had no family here at the time and grandpa intended to try to take...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Adrienne Andrews | Knitted in Love and Community
2 minute read | I build communities no matter where I am. Whether it’s in a career or profession or service role or being a parent, building community is about...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Eli Madrigal | Striving for the American Dream Through Groceries With Heart
1 minute read | I immigrated to the United States when I was 15 years old. My grandfather was born in Oklahoma and we as a family came here for...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Martha Castleton | Grounded in Home, Soaring in Service
2 minute read | I actually came back to Eureka, Utah, after living away for a few years as a child. My mother accepted a teaching job in Utah and...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Sinia Maile | Crowned in Culture, Committed to Community
2 minute read | My family came from Tonga to West Valley City and we’ve been here ever since. Utah was home to my parents after being born in the...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Sebastian de Freitas | New Beginnings Lead to Abundant Connections
1 minute read | I moved to Utah not knowing much about it, but now I can define Utah in one word: opportunity. My two decades in the Beehive State...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Dr. Richard Ferguson | From Frontline Care to Community Health and Welfare
2 minute read | I grew up as a lower-middle class kid in Washington D.C. and was the first in my family to go to college. I always had a...
Last updated: July 1, 2026

Dr. Kelly Asao | Dedicated Educator and Community-Builder
1 minute read | I came to Utah as a professor of psychology at Westminster University. It was supposed to only be a one-year visiting appointment, but I fell in...
Last updated: July 1, 2026
