$5000 Award Winner Nida Taha Nida Taha is from Sudan. Her family traveled from Sudan to Egypt before eventually coming to America. She is entering her Sophomore year at Columbia College studying Business: Innovations and Entrepreneurship. She was originally inspired
Meet our 2021 Young Humanitarian Award Winners
2021 College Award Winners $5000 Award Winner Ibrahim Ramazani University of Utah Ibrahim Ramazani is a refugee from Malawi. His family arrived in Utah in 2013. He is currently in his third year of college at the University of Utah
Shannon Moss, Youthlic Local Service Director
I first became involved with Youthlinc when my daughter joined the Thailand July team in 2014. Although initially hesitant to have my daughter travel internationally without me, I agreed to go to general orientation and hear what Youthinc was all
Meet our New Development Director, Patti Monsoor
My career has afforded me the distinct honor of leading the development and public relations charge for some of the world’s finest companies – both non-profit and for-profit. My diverse portfolio including American Cancer Society, Cisco Systems and others is
2020-21 Real Life Interns
Real Life Interns dedicate 200 hours each, overseeing lessons and activities at our twelve welcome centers. Their job is to support the Program Director in volunteer and site management, teaching lessons, and helping all involved students develop life and leadership skills. Each Real Life Intern is a high school graduate,
2019 Real Life Scholarship Winners – What are they doing now? Part 2
By: Shelly Burningham Photo credit and initial content provided by: Nick Sokoloff – The New Americans of Salt Lake Abdul -Country of Origin: Afghanistan I am from a place where being alive depends on luck; I am from Afghanistan. The
2019 Real Life Scholarship Winners – What are they doing now?
By: Shelly Burningham Photo credit and initial content provided by: Nick Sokoloff – The New Americans of Salt Lake Ibrahim Ramazani – Country of Origin: Malawi I am a refugee from a Malawi refugee camp. I was born in Burundi,
New Real Life Partner – Umoja Generation
By: Shelly Burningham Youthlinc – Real Life is pleased to announce a new partnership with Umoja Generation. Umoja Generation is a Utah non-profit supporting refugee youth in the Salt Lake area. Fiston, Mwesige, founder and president, organized this program in
Checking in with Joji from Fiji
By: Joji Raqio As a teacher at Mataso Primary School here in the Fiji Islands we were fortunate to have formed a wonderful relationship with this amazing organization. They first came to our school in 2018 and we have been
The Impacts of Real Life on Jile Tangishaka
By: Brooke Boyd Real Life is Youthlinc’s afterschool Refugee peer to peer mentoring program. Last year I was a Real Life Intern at the Sunnyvale location. Jile was a senior in high school who would come to the after school