2017 City of Tempe Diversity Awards winner Destiny Medina
Date2017
MediumPaper
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2017.19.4
DescriptionColor photo of 2017 City of Tempe Diversity Awards Individual Youth winner Destiny Medina.Destiny Medina is a senior at Marcos de Niza High School, where she is a member of the Stand and Serve Club, a community-based program committed to violence prevention and positive youth development. Destiny is a Peer Educator with Stand and Serve and is trained to empower and educated her peers on issues such as relationship violence, bullying and depression. In this role, Destiny meets weekly with middle school students, serves as a mentor, and models ways in which to prevent future harm through positive actions. Destiny is part of countless activities throughout the year promoting diversity and respect. She has distributed Blessing Bags to the homeless,made community murals, is a member of Lutu'uria Guadalupe Youth group, participated in Take Back the night event at ASU and has participated in the Unity Walk and Tempe Tardeada. Destiny is inculisive of all identies and is easily recognized as a caring, kind, and giving person. She models respect and kindness for all.
Status
Not on view
City of Tempe Diversity Department
2015
