2023 - 2024 BU YOUTH LEADERS
BU Youth Leaders assist with engaging at-risk youth (grades 9-12) in Tobacco Initiation Prevention Activities; help in reducing at-risk youth’s access to tobacco products; focus on increasing at-risk youth exposure to effective anti-tobacco messaging; and serve as liaisons at their schools.
NORTHERN REGION

Feridnand Ford
BU Youth Leader
Charleston High School
12th Grade

Diekyra Bradford
BU Youth Leader
Charleston High School
12th Grade

Iyana Powell
BU Youth Leader
Thomas E. Edwards High School
11th Grade

Timothy Jones
BU Youth Leader
Thomas E. Edwards High School
11th Grade

Asia Jones
BU Youth Leader
West Tallahatchie High School
11th Grade

Myiesha Wright
BU Youth Leader
West Tallahatchie High School
12th Grade

Alicia Jackson
BU Youth Leader
Winona Secondary School
11th Grade

Javien Jackson
BU Youth Leader
Winona Secondary School
12th Grade
CENTRAL REGION

Josiah Morris
BU Youth Leader
Forest Hill High School
11th Grade

Moenique Pirtle
BU Youth Leader
Forest Hill High School
12th Grade

De'Traun Brown
BU Youth Leader
Newton Hill High School
11th Grade

Samaria Jones
BU Youth Leader
Newton High School
11th Grade

Calvineisha Barber
BU Youth Leader
Port Gibson High School
12th Grade

Mahonganie Buck
BU Youth Leader
Port Gibson Hill High School
11th Grade

Ancesia Shannon
BU Youth Leader
Provine Delta High School
12th Grade

Mason Brown
BU Youth Leader
Provine High School High School
12th Grade
SOUTHERN REGION

Kye Reese
BU Youth Leader
Hattiesburg High School
12th Grade

Laila Ester
BU Youth Leader
Hattiesburg High School
12th Grade

Malcolm Terrell
BU Youth Leader
Laurel High School
11th Grade

Robert Jackson
BU Youth Leader
Laurel High School
12th Grade

Jayna Cummins
BU Youth Leader
Petal High School
12th Grade

Kaydence Atkins
BU Youth Leader
Petal High School
12th Grade

Ja'Lazia Mallard
BU Youth Leader
McComb High School
12th Grade

Jaquan Lizana
BU Youth Leader
McCombl High School
12th Grade
REGIONAL ASSISTANTS

Jada Miller
BU Northern Regional Assistant

Ebony Jones
BU Central Regional Assistant

Amia Miller
BU Southern Regional Assistant