It’s been just over a decade since La’Asia Johnson graduated from TeenQuest and participated in Summer Youth Initiative (SYI). In that time, she’s earned a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, served as a social worker and pivoted into her current career as a business owner. Presently, she’s in the process of moving Elle Jae Essentials […]

Visiting author When Pierce Elementary had a parent-teacher night in April, the YouthQuest team swapped out their regular club rotation in favor of an evening with Gale Glover, founder of Flint Kids Matter. The school’s community school director helped coordinate the visit with Glover, who has published more than 10 books. During her visit, Glover […]

In a Pickle At Neithercut Elementary, YouthQuest students worked with the Crim Garden Club to grow and harvest from their own garden. In March, students pickled some of their cucumbers and were amazed by how good the resulting pickles were. Students also started planning what vegetables they were going to grow this summer. Cucumbers made […]

Flint Northern High School graduate Shatoya Holiday is working diligently toward her dream of becoming a judge. With a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a minor in substance abuse from the University of Michigan-Flint, Holiday is currently working as a clerk at the Travis County Court House in Austin, Texas with plans to attend […]

Elementary students through YouthQuest have begun participating in the YQ Biz My Town program, a curriculum teaching entrepreneurialism and financial literacy. “We are excited to have launched our YQ Biz program,” says Leslie Davis, program director of afterschool education for Flint & Genesee Education & Talent. “Our students are learning about profit and cost, production, […]

By Dr. Kimberly Leverette April marks Financial Literacy Month. Moving into the month, I want to recognize the importance of preparing students for the future through teaching financial literacy. In a survey of 15-year-old students shared on Youth.gov, 18 percent had not yet learned fundamental financial skills including building a simple budget, comparison shopping or […]