YDI realizes strong partnerships are the key ingredients to achieving progress within the community. Its network of productive relationships includes civic, business, religious, health, cultural, and educational leaders throughout New Mexico. We strive to be proactive in communication and pursue opportunities that allow us to attain achievable solutions that will improve the communities we work in. YDI partners with local citizens and businesses in the neighborhoods it serves and assists local neighborhood organizations with leadership and administrative/fiscal services.

“Mi Voz: One Community, Many Voices”, is a YDI after-school program that involves middle school aged youth in all aspects of filmmaking. Subjects include: directing, scripting, acting and operating sound and video equipment. Through a series of lectures and hands on trainings, youth gain important developmental skills in problem solving, critical thinking and work ethic. Other benefits include: improving self-confidence, fostering creativity and teaching a means of expression.

Scholarship and emergency aid to New Mexico youth who encountered difficulties in paying for tuition, books, and fees at institutes of higher learning.