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 →

Noemi Chavez was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She’s been Pastor to Revive Church, alongside her husband, Joshua, for over 11 years. She is the Co-Founder of Brave Global, which is an organization that establishes a collaboration of church and state to better serve girls who... Read More →

Eugene Cho is the founder and Lead Pastor of Quest Church in Seattle, Washington, as well as the founder and Executive Director of the Q Café, an innovative non-profit community café and music venue. He is also the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages (ODW), a grassroots... Read More →

Native to South Central Los Angeles and raised by a single mother, Alexander took pride in being the black sheep in most circles growing up. Now, he is a Young Adult Director, social activist, youth advocate, and full-time spoken word artist. This mixture of experience has helped... 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 →

V3 Dance (Victory Vision Voice) is a Christian dance team that uses dance as a form of worship. We aim to share messages and stories through our dance and music