SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Youth leader. Academic standout. Selfless volunteer. Now, Mission Hill High student Jared Diaz Barrios has one more title to add to the impressive list of accomplishments in his young life: 2021 Boys & Girls Club of San Diego County Youth of the Year.
Jared was selected Youth of the Year at the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos in January, was named San Diego County Youth of the Year in March, and will move on to represent the county in the California Youth of the Year competition in April.
Jared is active in the Boys & Girls Club’s Leaders in Training Program and Keystone, a national Boys & Girls Club program encouraging community service. He has completed over 200 community service hours in the past year; helping to serve 500 meals daily at the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos during the COVID-19 pandemic, working on fundraisers to aid fellow clubs in Los Angeles that were impacted by recent wildfires, and partnering with other organizations to feed and clothe