Before boarding a plane, receiving a passport stamp, or stepping into a new culture, RootEd Global students spent the year actively engaging in meaningful service within their own communities. As part of their program, students were asked to complete local service hours before traveling abroad. This year, students collectively contributed an impressive 962 hours of service across Utah through environmental initiatives, fundraising efforts, community events, moving assistance,

By Shelly Burningham, Real Life Director Real Life is an after-school tutoring and life skills peer mentoring program that partners Youthlinc with a variety of organizations in Salt Lake County. Real Life provides active, practical, after-school programming to teens, tween with refugee or immigrant status in Utah. Real Life was born through the visionary leadership of Ellie Seaborn, a Youthlinc employee at the time. She explains, "Four nights a week, I was working with