Everybody wants to know that their own story is meaningful and valuable. Youth in Focus uses the story telling power of photography to help young people develop skills and attitudes to overcome barriers they face and support them on their journey to a positive adulthood. Take a moment and see their work in the student gallery. Photography is accessible: skills build quickly and anyone who works at it can produce terrific images. Many of our current students struggle with other art forms and have difficulty expressing themselves verbally or in writing; their cameras turn them into artists. But our goal is not merely to train our students as photographers; we want to help them create successful lives. We do this by teaching them transferable skills and engaging them with a network of caring adults.