It was a productive summer for Renacer, thank you Laura Serrano, Jorge Enrique Garcia Rodriguez, Jaime del Valle, Jhon F Gamboa, Silvia Mendoza Gonzalez, Fidel Hernandez, Nereida Perez, Willian Trejo, and Emily Salamanca, you were a pillar during this Summer Youth Program, especially recognition to our leader and Program Director of this Program Father Hoower Cajicá. We rock!
The Community Scholars' 2024 Summer Youth Program successfully closed its third year due to the hard work and dedication of our program participants and the collaboration of our many partners. Our program youth not only studied Business, Hospitality, and Sustainability but also completed coursework from Harvard University and the University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) as well as attended civic engagement workshops facilitated by local elected officials to include Orlando City Commissioners Tony Ortiz and Shaniqua “Shan” Rose, Orange County Commissioner Mayra Uribe, Florida State Representative Johanna López, and Florida State Senators Linda Stewart and Carlos Guillermo Smith alongside special guests Pamela Nabors from CareerSource Central Florida and Juan Marcos Vilar from Alianza Center. Our program was managed by the Episcopal Churches of Christ the King Episcopal Church and Iglesia Episcopal Jesus de Nazaret in collaboration with the Renacer Foundation through a generous partnership with CareerSource Central Florida. We are grateful to Alianza Center for being our sponsor and patron this year and supporting our program, Azalea Park. Take a close look at our video, and you will also see our students showing gratitude to Alianza's partner, Walt Disney World, for supporting Alianza's work that reaches so many in our greater Central Florida community. Thanks to our instructors, Willian Trejo, Nereida Perez, Jaime del Valle, and Henry Mendoza, our program participants, Alani Williams, Nathan Davilma, and Abigail Furtado, and Calao Corp, for coming together and telling the story of all our participants.