Platform’s Youth Team
Gabby Smith (Co-Director)
Dafne Ruiz (Co-Director)
Dafne Ruiz is currently working as a Child Care Specialist at the Mile High United Way’s 2-1-1 call center under their partnership with Colorado Shines. As a first generation Latina college student, she graduated from Community College of Aurora with her Associates of Arts-History in 2021. She is now pursuing a Bachelors in History for secondary Social Studies at CU-Denver in hopes of becoming a high school history teacher. She loves spending time with her family and friends, going out and trying new food places, and cuddling with her little Chihuahua named BonBon!
Tsion
Tsion is a senior at Overland High School who is involved in clubs that help build diversity at her school. She is a high school intern at YAASPA which participates in building summits for the community in the Denver metro area and an active member of HOSA-Future Health Professionals. She plans to pursue medicine at UC-Denver.
Contact: Youth4Platform@gmail.com
Ximena
Ximena is a senior at Vanguard Classical School – East, where she is the President of the student government, manager of the school's boy soccer team, and a volunteer with the lower grades as “buddy.” She plans to attend Colorado Mesa University this upcoming fall.