UYWI 2017

Luma Haddad has been the Young Life Urban Area Director for the last 19 years and is Mutli Ethnic Southwest Divisional Coordinator. Luma works directly with teenagers and teen moms in Junior High and High Schools. She is a San Francisco native, lived in Amman, Jordan, graduated from... Read More →

Danielle Strickland is an Officer in the Salvation Army and loves Jesus and people. This has led her to back alleys and late night streets, to partner with Jesus in rescuing those caught up in drugs, homelessness, prostitution, despair. It has also led her to the halls of government... Read More →

Gabriel Zamora, pulled out of an extreme background of gangs, violence, and poverty, was called into the ministry at the age of 13 at Youth for The Nations Summer Camp. He is the Youth Pastor of Takeover Student Ministries at Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship in New York. Having graduated... Read More →

Icy Ice is an original member of the world renown DJ group, The World Famous Beat Junkies. He is an artist and entrepreneur, whose resume spans over two decades of performing on the world’s biggest stages, and gracing the airwaves on several of LA’s Top Radio Stations. Icy Ice’s... Read More →

Joshua Chavez Band leads worship at conferences, churches, and camps throughout Southern California and the USA, including UYWI, RELOAD, Turn Your Campus, Promise Keepers, and Franklin Graham's Festivals of Hope. Described as dynamic, eclectic, passionate, and energetic, they engage... Read More →