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 →

Tommy is the Chief Executive Officer at UYWI. He is excited to build on the foundation that Dr. Larry Acosta has created over the last 25 years. He is a Founder and was Executive Director of Solidarity and is currently the lead pastor at One Life City Church. His passion is to help... Read More →

Jackie Hill Perry is a writer, poet, Bible teacher and hip-hop artist whose latest album, Crescendo, released in May 2018. She uses her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. She is the author of Gay Girl, Good God: The Story... 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 →