Meet The Team

Chanelle Jones Ahmed is a YAASPA CCA Aurora Gives Scholar and a public health fellow. She has participated in multiple work-based learning opportunities and attended many conferences in the arena of public health. She has been a youth consultant with Partner's for Children's Mental Health. Check out a recent news story about her work within public health here.

Jadyn graduated from CSU Pueblo with a double major in Sociology and Criminology. Due to her excitement from her work-based learning experiences with YAASPA, she learned that she is interested in Human Resources as a career.

Jose Flores graduated with a Bachelors of Social Work from Colorado State University May of 2023. He is now a Family Resource Navigator at Samaritan House Catholic CharitiesHis connection with YAASPA started in 2018 and has developed and evolved to the work being done today. Jose was born and raised in Aurora Colorado and hopes to bring up the community that shaped him. He is also a co-author on a recent journal publication entitled Counter-storytelling Across Varying Youth Contexts and Intergenerational Work in YPAR Settings

Onyx is an alumni of Hinkely high school and has been a Colorado Health Care Corps fellow. She has been connected to YAASPA since her middle school years and desires to pursue a career in public health.