Unified Schools
Sharing Our Story to Inspire Unified Leadership in Schools
Yaritza Elizabeth
Miguel Uriel
Region
Latin America
Program
Mexico
Project Year
2021
Miguel Uriel and Yaritza Elizabeth are siblings and Special Olympics Youth Leaders from Mexico who will lead a Youth Innovation Project where they will share their experience as Special Olympics participants with students across their community.
Over six months, Miguel Uriel and Yaritza Elizabeth will host weekly conversations with students where they will share their personal stories and experiences with Special Olympics Unified programming. During these discussions, they will also share the history of Special Olympics and how the organization has evolved over the past 50 years. Following the conversations, participants will be invited to participate in in-person Unified activities where individuals with and without intellectual disabilities will engage in events like Zumba, karaoke, and other activities. At the conclusion of the project, they will host an inclusion forum where participants will share their reflections with the public and identify ways they can continue to advocate as leaders of the Unified Generation. By leading their project in schools across Mexico, Miguel Uriel and Yaritza Elizabeth are confident they will create new communities of inclusion and acceptance.