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Queerness, nature, and accessibility for all

Maurisa, an OFS alum, talks about her time with OFS, accessibility in nature, and why "queer" fits her perfectly.

Support from all angles for a bright future

Honoring an OFS alum In 2016, Charles Jackson graduated from what is now called Build Academy after completing the Legacy program. He was...

OFS still impacts alum decades later

By Isabella Nohara, OFS volunteer It’s been twenty-eight years since he first enrolled in an Operation Fresh Start program, but John...

OFS alumn on path to becoming an architect

Ismael Cid transitions the construction foundation he built at Operation Fresh Start into an architecture career.

OFS celebrates mother and son graduating from UW Odyssey Project

Operation Fresh Start staff member Ericka Booey and her son Jermaine (an OFS alum) both graduated from the UW Odyssey Project. They...

Former participant values relationships, goal setting skills developed at OFS

How Operation Fresh Start helped De'Andre Alexander find clarity about his career path after graduating high school. By Ethan Seidenberg,...