Our mission is to promote resilience among Zuni youth, so they will grow into strong and healthy adults who are connected with Zuni traditions.
We pursue our mission by providing Zuni youth with positive role models, enriching programs, and nurturing spaces that build on the strengths of their community.
Your donation increases the access Zuni youth have to enriching programs, healthy spaces, and encouraging mentors.
Invested into the Zuni community since 2009, with a focus on helping Zuni youth lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
Of our youth report improved health as a result of participating in our programs.
Youth served annually, across 10 distinct ZYEP programs. 80% of ZYEP youth participate in more than one ZYEP program per year.
Of our youth participant’s parents report that participation improved their child’s overall health.
*data derived from post-program surveys conducted with Zuni youth and Zuni families
Sometimes, the opportunities that take us in unexpected directions are the ones that prove most meaningful. For Tairia Sepo-Owaleon, a decision to try something completely new this summer opened the door to opportunities she couldn’t have imagined.Tairia, 23, learned about ZYEP’s Emerging Artist Apprenticeship in Pueblo sewing through an Instagram post. She wasn’t sure if the program was right for her, but she thought she'd give it a try.That decision would take Tairia from sewing her first slightly crooked seams to showcasing her handmade clothing in Santa Fe during one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous artists in the world.Read more of her story here!www.zyep.org/tairia/
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