We want to see youth become their best selves and lead their best lives. Flourish provides a safe and healthy home environment, supportive relationships and development opportunities for students at Douglass High School. Our hope is to support all aspects of well-being so our youth who experience major barriers can move from surviving to thriving.

I’m from Columbia, and I was very fortunate to grow up never worrying about where I would lay my head down at night. Seven years ago, when my work with homeless youth began, it didn’t take long to realize that everyday I walked through my middle and high school halls I passed classmates of mine who were enduring or at-risk for homelessness, and I never knew it. Today, I truly recognize how my experiences as a young man in Columbia weren’t, and aren’t, the reality for many youth and families in our community. I want to help change that in any way I can. Together, we can see to it that all youth flourish.