Challenges facing Colorado's young people today are greater than ever before.
Youth participate in career exploration and gain important knowledge in areas such as nutrition, environmental responsibility and the sciences. Zuschlag is the Cooperative Extension natural resources agent and program director for natural resources and environmental education in Jefferson County and the Denver metro area. The program teaches such social skills as decision making, leadership, responsibility and team work, while showing kids how they can make a difference in the environment. And interns, often former program participants, use their experiences as a spring-board to land their first job out of high school or while in college. Through the years, this program has involved more than 11,300 children.