The 2012 Portfolio Award Best Of… Marco Gutierrez – Best of Show – Graphic Design – Pflugerville High School Nijalon Dunn – Songwriting – John H. Reagan High School – raised money with Reagan High School classmates to fund a trip to Africa, and shot a hip hop music video while there Barbara Echevarria – [...]

E4 Youth Peer Mentor, Christian Nelson just found out some amazing news. His short film Phoebe & Jay has made into the Cannes Film Festival in France! Christian started with E4 Youth four years ago as a junior in high school. He’s always been a gifted artist able to seamlessly move from acting, writing and [...]

Nehemiah Pitts III serves on the E4 Youth Advisory Board, working with community business partners and Austin-area school systems to take youth through the sequence of Engagement, Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship.  Combining 20+ years of experience across assorted industries with a genuine passion for education and community, Nehemiah applies his past experience with assorted development [...]

I ran across this excerpt from one my mentors, David Frias, that I met 4 years ago as he was a teenager searching for a path forward. He posted a screenshot himself on TV from a newscast we did last year and it was interesting to hear him describe what he does as his “job”. [...]

For five years Ms. Jackson has been the leader of the Eastside Memorial Glamour Girls, a flag and dance troupe. She is also an educator, talented gospel singer, a plus size model, and a fantastic cook. Ms. Jackson loves her students and only accepts the best from them. She is a mother, teacher, and friend to the girls [...]