Youth Advocate Network

Retreat gives youth skills to be leaders in their communities

HEREFORD, Eighteen-year-old Karine Soto is looking forward to a presentation she'll be giving at a county board of supervisors meeting sometime in March.

The Nogales High School senior will be presenting information about substance abuse among Santa Cruz County's youth, and she hopes her message will shed some light on what kinds of things the community can do to help with the problem.

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