YOTO was featured on Cronkite News Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. We had the opportunity to share one of YOTO’s Alumni’s story during her time in YOTO. It also gave Daniela Zasa, Director of Programs an opportunity to share what our students experience during this very crucial time in their lives. Daniela explained what YOTO [...]
Daniel Armenta who was our Donor Relations Manager, works closely with the community and our donors. He is always taking the time to build a strong understanding of what YOTO is doing to help our homeless youth in the community. We would like to Congratulate Daniel Armenta as YOTO’s NEW Director of Philanthropy. YOTO [...]
Daniela Zasa, YOTO’s new Director of Programs blew the crowd away with her outstanding Fast Pitch Thursday, November 9th, 2017! Daniela’ s Fast Pitch helped earn YOTO the funding needed to help launch our Pilot Mobile Mini-Mall Project. YOTO is very proud of Daniela for working so hard to represent our vison and mission [...]
Born and raised in Lithuania, she later moved to Arizona in 1996. After finishing her studies she learned on the job working for local firms including commercial interiors such as Intertech and an architectural firm. For five years she designed restaurants, hotels, multi housing facilities, student living. Following the financial crisis and becoming a [...]
Cristie Street co-founded Nextrio in 2003 and serves as the managing partner of this Tucson-based IT consulting firm of more than 40 IT professionals. With Street at the helm, Nextrio has been recognized by Inc. In addition to helping small and mid-sized organizations improve their technology and accelerate productivity, Cristie underwrites and volunteers with [...]
Share the Love has donated more than $94 million dollars to charity since 2008. With the help from customers when choosing between four national and over 660 local charities, Tucson Subaru is on track to bring their new total to over $115 million! This year, Tucson Subaru has partnered with Youth On Their Own [...]
For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the great things we are fortunate to have. We think about are family and friends. We think about our children and our brothers and sisters. Unfortunately for many YOTO students, Thanksgiving is just another day. They don’t get the chance to be [...]
If you’ve ever come to YOTO for a visit you’ve probably had a chance to see the mini-mall where our students can shop for food for free. We recently hosted some members from The Women of Quail Creek, a service group from Green Valley who were interested in getting a behind the scenes look [...]
Not enough can be said about the pivotal role persistence plays in helping YOTO’s students. It’s unfortunate, but sometimes YOTO is unable to accept students into its program if they do not meet certain criteria. One of the many jobs that our program coordinators are tasked with is reviewing student appeals for those wishing [...]
After applying for several years, Youth On Their Own was chosen out of sixteen applicants to be this year’s recipient of the Tucson Electric Power Charitable Non-Profit Business Copper Cactus Award for medium-sized charities. YOTO was recognized by the selection committee for outstanding performance in helping Southern Arizona’s homeless youth remain in school and [...]