Alumnus Zach Stickney Published

WSU Upward Bound Alumnus Zach Stickney was recently featured in an article published by Weber State University, excerpts of which follow. For the entire article, including information on this recent humanitarian trip to Kenya, please visit

http://www.weber.edu/WSUToday/122810zachstickney.html

“Zach Stickney’s outlook on life today is a far cry from the struggling youth he was in ninth grade. Back then, Stickney experienced so much tragedy, loss and turmoil in his life, he dreamed of quitting school in Utah and pursuing a fresh start in Texas.

“Flash forward six years. Stickney has indeed traveled far from the borders of Utah, but many of those trips are the result of his educational pursuits.

“Stickney credits WSU’s Upward Bound Program and its director, Dave Trujillo, for helping him replace his sense of hopelessness with a greater self-awareness and optimism. ‘Dave just had a knack for visiting me at school on the days that I felt the worst,’ Stickney said. ‘He made me realize that the biggest problem I had was really one of self-pity. The biggest thing that needed to change wasn’t my environment; what needed to change was how I reacted to it.’”