From rural Ecuador to urban South Central Los Angeles we celebrate, encourage, and inspire the creativity of children and youth. Art, music, poetry, and dance projects have been just some of the vehicles to motivate involvement, productivity, discipline, teamwork, and individual achievement. Above, 15-year-old Xavier shows off his painting. He hung out on the periphery of this mural project, but with very little coaxing became involved in all aspects and pulled in several of his teenage friends. Xavier became our DJ and cameraman for other presentations.