Xochtil Larios is a 22-year-old full-time college student and 2018 recipient of the California Endowment 2018 Youth Award as a Community Champion. She served as the youngest fellow of the Peer-to-Peer Initiative through the Community Justice Network for Youth Program of the Burns Institute in 2018. She is also a vital youth commissioner on the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Commission.
As CURYJ’s youth justice program associate, Ms. Larios brings her own innovative Youth Transformation Curriculum to detained youth offenders, and is a respected researcher and advisor in the Dream Beyond Bars’ justice system transformation recommendations. Ms. Larios is also a consultant for the I Am Why national policy and art project that connects young women’s experiences to research on policy, practice and programs that work. In addition to serving on I Am Why’s board, she is co-lead of the curatorial team and is a valuable member of the curriculum team, helping to design an art-making and writing workshop curriculum that is being used nationwide.
Morning Thoughts Movement building through my lens got me stressing I am stressed because my youthfulness won't last forever I was told my voice is power, My leadership will lead others to empowerment My passion wishes and dreams will come true just be consistent...
...Mental Health... Who you or me/ Yea they come in waves/ They come in stress or tears/ They come when I try/ My fears, my doubt, my past, I hide/ ...Mental Health… We are in a world where if you don't grind/ You get left behind/ Who you or me/...
I am really excited for I Am Why because we are honoring intergenerational leadership! For me, this is important because I grew up fast. I started translating English documents for my parents when I was only six years old. My parents looked at me as a bridge to the...
