Youth Leadership Programs

Click the arrows to see some of the different health and wellness programs available to SFUSD students

The Youth Outreach Internship is a site based program for students to work in collaboration with their Wellness Center.  Work includes health & wellness outreach and promotion, youth advocacy and ambassadorship, and peer support activities.

Nutrition Outreach Workers (NOWs) carry out nutrition-focused wellness initiatives at their school sites. NOWs promote California fruits and vegetables available at local Farmers’ Markets to other students, staff, and families. NOWs engage their peers through taste tests, educational events, and classroom presentations. Through their work, this group addresses issues of food justice and diet-based illnesses disproportionately present in their communities.

SFUSD students representing several high schools advocating for better student health 

Water Task Force student leaders utilize a peer education model to promote drinking more water and less sugary beverages to other students at their schools. Water Ambassadors engage their peers through taste tests of fruit infused water, educational events, and classroom presentations. Through their work, this group addresses issues of water access and diet-based illnesses disproportionately present in their communities.