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By: Justin Powell and Melissa Pearson Benjamin Franklin said, “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” This was the case in 2010 when the...

I started my 2760th Karen New Year with goals and resolutions, with my loved ones, and with excitement for the new semester in school....

By: Justin Powell Youthlinc is hosting three fellows from YLAI (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative) this year. YLAI is a program...

Ibrahim Ramazani – Country of Origin: Malawi I am a refugee from a Malawi refugee camp. I was born in Burundi, Bujumbura and have been in the United States for seven years now. When my family and I arrived in Utah, we had to learn a new language, culture, and way of living. When I started school, I did not speak any English. The only thing I knew how to say to people was “hi.” In school, I would get very frustrated to the point where I would sit in the back of class and cry,

Youthlinc’s mission is to create lifetime humanitarians. Humanitarians, once created, can then individually and collectively seek to...

Thanks to our generous partnership with the A. Ray Olpin University Union Building, any Young Humanitarian finalist committed to attending the University of Utah will receive an additional scholarship from the  University Union Student Leader Scholarship Fund.   Over the past two years, the University Union Student Leadership Fund has awarded an additional $22,000 to some of the most incredible young humans in the state of Utah.

By: Shelly Burningham Human beings are diverse in many ways. We come from different lifestyles, religions, gender, race, and...

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 2017.  Umoja Generation delivers a wide range of programs to help refugee youth succeed in their new life: Education - Helps facilitate weekly tutoring and one-on-one homework help. Assists refugee youth with college

After serving as a student and mentor in five Youthlinc Service Years, and reaching a pivotal change in both my professional and personal...

4,016 – That is the number of passenger aircrafts in the air the moment I sat down to write this article. Traveling abroad is no longer...

Every year hundreds of Youthlinc volunteers engage locally in supporting the homeless population, people with disabilities, the elderly,...

On Saturday, January 11th we had our 7th annual Youthlinc-wide committee training at Juan Diego Catholic High School. Being able to see...

There have been thousands of amazing people that have come and gone through the Youthlinc Service Year. There have been hundreds that...

The Killing Fields are located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and was a location of torture, interrogation and execution from members of...

In Thailand, I met a man named Chiang. When I first saw him, I was walking to the building where the vocational aspects of our trip were...

The Nepal Project’s goal is to let people know that it’s time for us to build connections instead of barriers. Learning from other...

Matthew Spurrier, Junior at the University of Utah Matthew founded Maji to create change within the youth of our local community and to...

Madison Sudweeks, Junior at the University of Utah There is nothing Madi is more passionate about than sharing her love for service with...

Ibrahim Ramazani-Freshman at Salt Lake Community College Ibrahim came to the United States as a refugee from Malawi. He is 19 years old...

Abdul Bary Ayubi-Senior at Cottonwood High School Abdul is from Afghanistan. He came with his parents and siblings to the United States...