By Jackie Moynihan and Lisa Whittaker Each May, Youthlinc honors outstanding, service-driven high school and college students with the Utah Young Humanitarian Award (YHA) scholarship. With the awarding of our 2020 scholarship winners right around the corner, we decided to check in with our 2012 YHA winner, Lisa Whittaker to see where she is now and how service has made a difference in

High School Winners $5000 Winner Taylor Fang Senior at Logan High School Taylor is passionate about sharing technology with girls of diverse backgrounds. She is the founder of Girls Explore Tech (GET), a 7-week series of free, hands-on workshops for local middle-schoolers. She has also independently directed two summer camps with Junior Achievement of Utah over 16 hours. Her efforts over the past three years have directly impacted over 134 Utah girls, and she has dedicated ov

We are proud to announce our 2020 High School Young Humanitarian Award Winner Taylor Fang, Logan High School Taylor is passionate about sharing technology with girls of diverse backgrounds. She is the founder of Girls Explore Tech (GET), a 7-week series of free, hands-on workshops for local middle-schoolers. She has also independently directed two summer camps with Junior Achievement of Utah over 16 hours. Her efforts over the past three years have directly impacted over 134

We are proud to announce our 2020 College Young Humanitarian Award Winner Fiston Mwesige, University of Utah Fiston is originally from the Republic Democratic of Congo. He moved to Utah 5 years ago as a refugee with his family. Something that he appreciates about Utah is the supportive culture however the cold and snow he could do without. His experiences volunteering guided him in creating Umoja Generation, an organization that focuses on social issues and refugee youth educ

By: Shannon Moss For the past 16 years, Youthlinc has organized a statewide search for Utah’s Young Humanitarian. The goal of this award is to recognize outstanding community engagement and to inspire other people to serve their communities however and wherever they can. There are many scholarships and awards that recognize students for their accomplishments in academics and athletics, but the Young Humanitarian Award is Utah’s largest service scholarship recognizing and cele

It’s evident that scholarships are mostly offered to students who succeed in sports and academics, however, we are so happy to award...

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...