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