• Afterschool Alliance | National Youth Ambassador Program
• Breakthrough Miami | Program Scholar
• Collective for Youth Empowerment in STEM & Society (CYESS) | STEM Youth Consultant
• Miami Waterkeeper | Junior Ambassador Program
• Million Girls Moonshot | National STEM "Flight Crew" Program
• National Girls Collaborative Project | STEM Youth Advisory Board
• National STEM Festival | Advisory Council
• Perez Art Museum Miami | Teen Arts Council
• Ransom Everglades School | Black Student Association
• Ransom Everglades School | Environmental Sustainability Council
• Ransom Everglades School | Gender and Sexuality Association
• The Children's Trust of Miami-Dade | Youth Advisory Committee
• The Women's Fund Miami-Dade | Impact Agent Volunteer
• United Nations Association USA Bard College Chapter | Chapter Founder and President

The Afterschool Alliance works to ensure that all youth have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs by engaging the public and increasing public and private investment in afterschool program initiatives at the national, state, and local levels.

Selected to represent the state of Florida as a member of the 2023 National Youth Ambassador Program cohort, I had the opportunity to use my voice to amplify the perspectives of youth to inform policy and programming across the nation by sharing my experiences with high-quality afterschool programs like my participation in Breakthrough Miami "Breakthrough U Program", The Children's Trust of Miami-Dade County Youth Advocacy Committee, the Miami Waterkeeper Junior Ambassador Program, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami Teen Arts Council.

I have also represented the Youth Ambassador Program at several speaking engagements as both a conference moderator and panelist. Additionally, I was selected to join other student leaders from across the country in Washington, D.C. during the summer at the 2023 National Youth Leadership Institute.

To learn more about the Afterschool Alliance Youth Ambassador Program, visit the link below:

http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/youth-voices.cfm

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Breakthrough Miami - winner of the 2023 Children's Trust Champions for Children "Program of the Year Award" and 2020 New York Life Foundation "Excellence in Summer Learning Award" - is an 8-year, year-round, academic enrichment and professional development program that uses a unique “students-teaching-students” model to create a rigorous, vibrant learning community, where highly motivated, traditionally underrepresented 5th-12th grade students are supported to achieve post-secondary success and emerging leaders are inspired to become the next generation of educators and advocates.

Breakthrough Miami currently serves 1,300 middle and high school students at six community campus locations (Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Gulliver Prep, Miami Country Day School, Palmer Trinity, Ransom Everglades Schools, and the University of Miami). Acceptance into the program is based on a competitive application and interview process.

I was recently a high school scholar in the Breakthrough "U" program held on the campus of the University of Miami, where the 9th-12th grade students attend bi-monthly sessions that focus on college preparation and career exploration.

To learn more about Breakthrough Miami, visit the link below:

https://breakthroughmiami.org/

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The Collective for Youth Empowerment in STEM & Society (CYESS), an initiative of the Afterschool Alliance, brings together people and organizations to integrate STEM, civic engagement, and youth leadership in afterschool and out-of-school time programs. This group of educators, researchers, young people, funders, and organizers is dedicated to learning from each other and supporting other program practitioners to build opportunities for youth to gain and apply STEM skills in addressing issues they care about.

As young leaders affiliated with CYESS partners, the STEM Youth Consultants are self-identified experts, between the ages of 13-22 from a variety of STEM-related backgrounds, who are eager to provide their input and expertise to policy, industry, and program professionals.

CYESS Youth Consultants speak on panels, provide feedback on an array of projects and proposals, as well as participate in communications campaigns and outreach. Youth Consultants represent diverse backgrounds and experiences.

CYESS helps young people prepare for the workforce of tomorrow and become change-makers and problem-solvers in their own communities..

To learn more about CYESS, visit the link below:

https://cyess.org/

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The Miami Waterkeeper Junior Ambassador Program is a year-long program that develops a cohort of high school students into young environmental leaders. Through the Junior Ambassador program, South Florida students become community leaders by gaining an understanding of issues impacting Biscayne Bay and the surrounding watershed, receiving training in civic engagement and advocacy, sharing their acquired knowledge with diverse audiences, and helping to organize interactive volunteer events.

This program helps students become versed in the complex relationship between social, environmental, governmental, and economic issues that are central to cultivating a culture of environmental awareness and advocacy in South Florida, which is relevant worldwide.

To learn more about the Miami Waterkeeper Junior Ambassador Program, visit the link below:

https://www.miamiwaterkeeper.org/junior_ambassador

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