Kimiya is a graduating senior from Manchester West High School.  She joined EmpowerYOUTH, an initiative of Makin’ It Happen, as a Freshman. 

Olivia  B. (Liv)  is a graduating senior from Goffstown High School.  She joined EmpowerYOUTH, an initiative of Makin’ It Happen, as a Freshman. 

This week Makin’ It Happen will be highlighting our empowerYOUTH Seniors!  We are so grateful for their efforts and are wishing them the best on their future endeavors!

Josue R.  is a graduating senior at Manchester Central High School.  He became active in empowerYOUTH, an initiative of Makin’ It Happen, as a Freshman. 

For more than 100 years, Breathe New Hampshire, a statewide non-profit, has focused on critical issues related to lung health by providing educational programs, advocating for public health, and supporting scientific research to prevent, eliminate, and treat lung disease. While many of our programs are inclusive of COPD, asthma, air quality, and lung cancer, we have remained focused on the public health issue of tobacco use disorder, a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. With the emergence of electronic cigarettes this century, use of these products by youth and teens in recent years has become a substantial public health priority for our organization.  

Netflix just premiered the film Cracked Up: the Daryl Hammond Story.   Daryl Hammond is the beloved Saturday Night Live star known for his impressions of Bill Clinton and Sean Connery.  What you may not know about Hammond is that he is a survivor of childhood trauma.   

I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to such an important topic, especially at a time when our ability to connect and communicate face-to-face has been so disrupted by COVID-19. I have been in law enforcement for 28 years, most of which has been spent with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).