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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Youth Academy for Latino Leaders (Y.A.L.L.)<br />
Written by Jacqueline Cabrera<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Highlights<br />
Spotlight<br />
Clinical Case of the Month<br />
Reflections<br />
Global Mental Health<br />
Hispanic/Latinx Communities<br />
Voices of Ugandan Students<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who We<br />
Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Dr. Menn Memorial<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Congratulations<br />
Welcome<br />
Calendar<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Photo News<br />
Previous Issues of<br />
the <strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
Jacqueline is a Dominican-American, abstract artist who<br />
has always been fascinated by the beauty of nature and<br />
people. She studied sociology at Baruch College in New<br />
York City, but as she pursued her degree, she realized<br />
that there was more to life than just theory. She had<br />
always been artistically inclined, but she felt like she<br />
couldn’t create the same kind of work as others.<br />
What started as ideas quickly became actionable steps. We started having<br />
meetings both in person and virtually regularly. Months later the Youth<br />
Academy for Latino Leaders becomes a reality. The Dominican Community<br />
Center and Nuvance Global Health Academy have merged forces and created<br />
the Y.A.L.L. or Youth Academy for Latino Leaders. The main goal of Y.A.L.L. is<br />
to help develop college-ready students and through them and their families<br />
help create strong, informed, and active Latino communities that can serve as<br />
assimilation hubs for newly migrant families.<br />
Back in January, we held our first official meeting. The best part was that at<br />
each meeting we caught up with each other’s lives too. Slowly as the weeks<br />
progressed, we got to know each other better. We purposely developed<br />
positive, supportive relationships as a foundation for the program.<br />
Each giving our input, all having an equal part in participation. I’ll like to<br />
highlight our DCC Secretary, Jason Nova, kept us on our toes to make sure we<br />
were on time. He was the architect for this project. Always making sure that we<br />
kept focused and on time.<br />
Creating this project was such a rewarding experience for me. Throughout my<br />
life, I have had so many mentors as I am pretty sure each single one of my<br />
fellows can attest to as well. We need others to help us build our identity, they<br />
help us see what we can’t see in us.<br />
The Youth Academy for Latino Leaders was developed by a group of<br />
community leaders here in our beloved city of Danbury with the specific goal<br />
is to improve our graduates’ quality of life. Community data, along with our<br />
lived experiences were used to create the objectives for this program.<br />
This goal will be attained by ensuring that our graduates gain self-development<br />
skills through the mentorship experiences they receive from their mentors and<br />
facilitators. The Dominican Community Center is in Danbury, currently, the<br />
Danbury Public Schools fall under the Alliance Districts. Alliance Districts have<br />
the lowest-performing schools in the state. Danbury also has a 66.8 as their<br />
Next Generation Accountability Index which is how prepared students are to<br />
go to college. We hope to help improve our student’s college outcomes by<br />
bridging the gap.<br />
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