Legacy Youth Leadership - COFOUNDER
History of Evan and Legacy Youth Leadership
In 2018, after years of working with students, teachers, and schools, Evan got some of his closest colleagues together to dream up what the future of student leadership could be. After years of meetings, data analysis, consultation, dreaming, and vision casting, Evan co-founded Legacy Youth Leadership, a Non-Profit built to help young people become better versions of themselves, so they can make the world a better place.
Evan has built Legacy Youth Leadership into an international, impact-driven youth leadership organization, having worked with 50,000+ students in over 20 countries to help young people develop service initiatives to solve some of the world's biggest problems.
Through his work with Legacy, Evan has helped students accomplish a variety of different things, including
- Speak at Google HQ as a Keynote Speaker
- Lead sessions at the United Nations
- Be recognized as Forbes 30 under 30 leaders
- Raise over $5 million dollars for charity
- Meet with members of Parliament in eSwatini
- Create a Scholarship fund for students in Afghanistan
- So Much More
Legacy Youth Leadership
Check out more of what Legacy Youth Leadership is doing today to impact the lives of young people so students can make greater impact in the world.
Thirst Project - Chief Big Kid
History of Evan and Thirst Project
In 2013, Evan passed up on an opportunity to work with Disney so he could pursue a dream of working for a youth led water charity called Thirst Project. His first gig at Thirst Project was a speaking tour, where he traveled across the United States, to educate and activate young people around the global water crisis.
Evan spent two months living out of a Honda Pilot, traveling to 30 states in 60 days, speaking to thousands of students about Thirst Project, their work, and the reality of the world water crisis. After his first speaking tour, Evan moved out to Los Angeles full time to help build Thirst Project into the world's largest youth water organization.
Evan inherited an organization that was raising around $50,000 per year from students, and built it into $1m+ annual fundraising powerhouse, all of that from grassroots student efforts.
Evan was quickly given the title of Chief Big Kid at Thirst Project, where he did it all with the organization. From Public Speaking to Fundraising, to building a Student Leadership Conference and producing a documentary, all while leading international service trips with students into the field, Evan has not stopped supporting the work of Thirst Project.
Thirst Project
Evan helped build Thirst Project into the world's largest youth water organization, inspiring hundreds of thousands of students, raising millions of dollars, and building a movement of young people in the process.
PROFESSIONAL FIRST-TIMER
The Journey of trying 100 New Things in 100 Days
Evan started 2024 with a personal challenge, to complete 100 New Things in 100 Days. From scary things, to boring things, from big things to small things, Evan's list looked more like a combination of a Bucket List and a To-Do List.
Throughout this journey, he learned more about freedom, fulfillment, and friendship than he thought possible. Now, Evan continues to try new things on a weekly basis, but he's also challenged other people to do the same. Evan uses his own journey of trying new things to inspire others to do just that. Try something new. Students are now leaping out of their comfort zones, facing their fears, all as they try new things.