Asari Offiong

Asari Offiong serves as a coach and supports recruitment efforts. As an adolescent health researcher and public health practitioner, she has over a decade of experience leading youth development programs; providing technical assistance; and conducting mixed methods, community-based research in various metropolitan areas across the United States related to substance use prevention and reproductive health. Approaching her work from an asset-based perspective that centers the youth she partners with, Asari views youth as “at-promise,” not “at-risk.” Asari personally values the unique and captivating experiences youth can bring to program innovation. She emphasis centering their worth because society rarely does.