Professional:

• Shaylee Jewkes graduated from Emery High School in Utah. From there, she attended Southern Utah University, where she is in the last year of her Bachelor's degree. She is studying sociology with a minor in family life and human development. Shaylee recently attended Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training, which means she will soon be a certified prevention specialist.

Hobbies:​

• I have two dogs, Kylo and Murphy (like Kylo Ren from Star Wars and Murphy’s Law/Interstellar).
• I love movies. I watch many different genres of movies, but nothing is more exciting than finding a great scary movie!
• I love baseball and my team is the Yankees (even though they are hard to watch the past few seasons).
• Learning about the environment is one of my favorite subjects.

Personal:

I grew up in Emery County, in the small towns of Ferron and Castle Dale. I was not sure what my career path would be after high school, but I knew I loved community work, which eventually led me to loving sociology. I came to Cedar City in the Fall of 2020 to earn my degree at Southern Utah University.  This volunteer position opened up and sounded perfect for me! My goal after school is to work with the community and help marginalized and impoverished communities, so being a VISTA is a great fit to prepare myself for future opportunities.