By Jo Pennock: Intervention and Prevention Programs Manager For Mariana Rojas, Eagle County isn’t just where she grew up – it’s the...

By Cam Dole: Senior Manager of Youth Engagement At Mountain Youth, we know that when young people lean into their strengths, they create...

By Nick Krishnan: Marketing and Events Manager “Take care of the people, and the people will take care of you”, Gerry Lopez of My Future...

By Hannah Conoley, Community Mobilizer MOYA: Building Belonging for Young Adults in Eagle River Valley In the heart of Eagle River...

By Jo Pennock, Intervention and Prevention Programs Manager at Mountain Youth At this year’s Youthapalooza event hosted by Mountain...

By Monica Torres, Especialista en Prevención y Alcance Comunitario Caring, Educating, and Connecting: The Power of Early Childhood in Our...

By Nick Krishnan, Marketing and Events Manager Being a teenager is often a time in our lives where we are looking towards the future and...

By Michelle Hartel, Executive Director For many folks, traditional tutoring programs bring visions of dry literary practice and...

By Michele Zoller, Operations Manager Making a daily impact in our community as a Trusted Adult and creating a Safe Space for our youth....

By Monica Torres A Young Voice That Leads: A Student’s Commitment to Her Community By Monica Torres Community Outreach and Prevention...

Every community has a few people who make it stronger, kinder, and more resilient—people who show up when we’re hurting and help us find...

If you haven’t had the pleasure yet of meeting Gressia Aguirre Garcia, a senior at Battle Mountain High School, then you’ll quickly...

By Michele Zoller, Director of Operations The word Leadership is defined as the ability of an individual to influence and guide others...

By Hannah Conoley, Community Mobilizer Originally from Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, and later settling in El Paso, Texas, before making Colorado...

Your February ‘Youth Spotlight’ will be engaging the full spectrum of the term ‘youth’ as today we had the pleasure to sit down with two...

Be Kind, Be Curious, Seek to Understand For this month’s Difference Maker, we interviewed Mountain Youth’s newest board member, Aaron...

A Rising Leader . Yoseline Herrera, affectionately known as “Yose,” deserves to be recognized for a ‘Youth Spotlight’ as she is a...

A Beacon of Light to the Next Generation Nicole Mink, Science and Wellness Teacher at Eagle Valley High School is a beacon of light to...

Have you ever come across a human with so much passion for a cause that they put their life on pause to pursue a grand adventure? Has the...

The Future is bright! For this month’s Youth Spotlight, I met with the Youth Ambassadors at My Future Pathways (MFP) and left with...