Page 7 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - July - August 2022

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A large group of teens participated in the Summer Youth Worker Program during July and August. They learned job skills and gained confidence.

SUMMER YOUTH WORKERS

Kayleena Delgado (Accounting)
Falisity Bumgartner (Archives/
Historical Preservation)
Walter Pickernell-Daniels
(Department of Natural
Resources)
Koner Burnett (Department
of Natural Resources)
Damious J. Hansen “DJ”
(Department of Natural
Resources)
Artie Romero (Department
of Natural Resources)
Adam Penn (Elders Center)
Nora Ortivez (Elders Center)
Tristan Smith (Facilities)
Charles Latch III (Facilities)
Laela Baker (Facilities)
Clockwise from above: Koner Burnett Shayden Baker (Facilities)
and DJ Hansen spent time at the Tom Hayden (Head Start)
Fish Hatchery, Kylee Secena and
Coby Higheagle perfomed IT duties, Alexis Starr-Wright (Head Start)
Alexis Starr-Wright assisted at Head Riley Smith (Head Start)
Start and Charles Latch worked in
Facilities & Maintenance this summer. Remy Garrtey (Head Start)
Keziah Gleason (Head Start)
WORK this year. The program offers with the IT team. Taylenna Klatush (Heritage &
Kylee and Coby assisted with
From page 1 training that many youth outside wiring projects to prepare for Culture)
of the tribal community don’t
would work at and checked in have. expansion and new buildings Haezen Charles (Housing)
periodically throughout the Secena was a youth worker within the Tribal Government. Jordan Lopez (Housing)
seven-week program. when he was younger and They also helped gather material Coby Higheagle (Information
“I love working with the youth described how much it has for the communications program Technology)
workers … The program is great,” changed. When he was a by attending Youth Center field Kylee Secena (Information
Secena said. teenager, the program paid trips. Additionally, they took Technology)
He explained that it provides $4.20 an hour and their jobs photos of fellow youth workers
valuable opportunities to tribal were mainly cleaning and other and spoke with others about their Jeremiah Baker (Public Safety)
teens and opens doors for the manual labor. Now, the program experience. Dominic Delgado (Youth Center)
future. It gives students a chance offers a variety of job options Laela Baker and Shayden
to gain in-depth understanding with numerous departments. Baker worked for Facilities & Mei-Lien Tanner (Youth Center)
of specific careers to see whether Secena’s daughter, Kylee, worked Maintenance. Although they are Adrian Hjelm-Snell (Youth
they might be a good fit in for the Information Technology close in age, Laela is Shayden’s Center)
adulthood. department this summer. Fellow niece. She said the best part of Kly Meas III (Youth Center)
William is happy to see the youth worker Coby Higheagle the summer was being able to
number of teens that signed up also spent the summer months work with her uncle.