Straight Outta YDI: Deanna Aragon

Grinding. That’s the modern term that younger people use to describe working hard.  It is, I imagine, a word derived from working so hard that the gears you use to run your life grind together as they are being worked so hard. When I meet Deanna Aragon, 21, of...

Casa Hermosa: YDI’s Hidden Jewel

Lisa Lopez, Casa Hermosa Director The streets are quiet on this sunny, early spring day as I pass by street signs that carry names made infamous by the local news.  Gibson, Zuni, Trumbull- all street names that have unfortunately been synonymous with drugs and...