By: Elizabeth Divis Every year, 12th grade students at Juan Diego Catholic High School participate in the Senior Service Project or Juan Diego Senior Service Week (JDSSW). For a whole week, seniors participate in service opportunities in the community instead of classes. Every senior is assigned to a specific service location, and this year, three students spent the week with Youthlinc’s Real Life program. JDSSW 2026 took place over the week of January 26th-30th, and three Ju

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

By Shelly Burningham Accepting applications through March 15, 2020.  Click here  to learn more about the Real Life Scholarship. Over the past few years in Real Life, many students have indicated that they want to go to college and have a decent job, but in reality there are many barriers that hinder them from following through on that dream.  Because of this, Real Life implemented a new college preparation curriculum aimed at preparing high school students for post-secondary