Arizona Youth Partnership
Shylah Watson currently serves as a Program Educator at Arizona Youth Partnership since April 2023. Previously, Shylah worked as a Congressional Intern at the U.S. House of Representatives from August 2022 to December 2022 and held the position of Policy Intern at the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2022 to May 2022. Shylah also gained experience as a Peer Mentor and Student Office Assistant at the University of Arizona from August 2019 to December 2022, focusing on Cultural Learning Communities and providing administrative support in the School of Government and Public Policy's internship office. Shylah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Arizona, completed in December 2022, and has prior educational experience at Estrella Mountain Community College from 2017 to 2018.
Arizona Youth Partnership
AZYP’s mission is to partner with communities to cultivate healthy foundations for youth and promote strong families. As we focus our efforts on prevention, AZYP’s vision is to create a comprehensive linked set of programs that maximize the opportunities and resources we seek to bring to communities across the state of Arizona. AZYP employs a three-pronged approach to fight poverty and build healthy, self-sufficient youth and families: 1. Cultivate Healthy Foundations for Youth: AZYP offers evidence-based relationship education, afterschool, and youth leadership programs. Our programs equip youth to focus on life success goals and work to prevent teen pregnancy, alcohol and substance abuse and anti-social behaviors. 2. Promote Strong Families: AZYP family programs offer practical knowledge, strategies and tools to build and sustain healthy marriage, parenting, and economic self-sufficiency. Our current family programs are funded by the Arizona Parents Commission. 3. Mobilize Communities through Coalitions: AZYP assists community coalitions with resources that facilitate community-wide change focused on prevention of substance abuse and underage drinking.