Youth Action Network Research 

Stay tuned to learn more about our upcoming projects with UCSC! 

YAN Photovoice Project with UCSC

The YAN Steering Committee wrapped up the first part of their research with the UCSC team! Thank you to UCSC undergraduates, Jasmine, Josie, and Alisha for working with us.

For the next phase of the research, we will work with Professor Steve McKay's class to help us analyze the common trends in the Steering Committee's Photos.

The YAN team took their photos focused on the following prompt: "What are the barriers to the community's hopes and dreams? What are the resources we have that help the community achieve their hopes and dreams, and what additional resources do we need?" 

We look forward to sharing our findings with you all soon! ​

YAN Community Data
Overall Youth Well-Being, Youth Voice and Youth Leadership 



Thank you to everyone who completed our first YAN Youth & Adult Survey! The results from the survey will help us collect baseline data about youth voice and youth adult-partnerships in the Santa Cruz County Community. 

We received over 100 youth surveys and 45 adult surveys! 
We sent raffle prizes to the following winners: 
  • Jose: $125 Visa Gift Card
  • Amy: Baby Yoda Squishmallow
  • Yesmine: Warriors Tickets 
  • Alondra: Tepui Backpack 
  • Jaden: Pizza Party 
  • Valentina: $40 Target Gift Card 
  • Bella: Warriors Tickets 
  • Adriana: Apple HomePod Mini 
(Raffle prize winners were selected by random from a raffle wheel)