Aaron Shaw
Schools of all kinds have struggled with the many hows of this past pandemic year, and that doesn t exclude organizations like SpyHop, Salt Lake City s longtime music, film, audio and design center for youth. Director of Marketing and Community Relations Larissa Trout says, though, that the local non-profit quickly developed a beneficial system of response one that hinges on simply showing up for their students, and building an environment in which students can show up, too. Not speaking for all of them, but I think our students across the board, they need us, says Trout, just shy of the March 13 anniversary that she recalls as being the last day at SpyHop-as-it-was. The message has always been there that young people need a positive adult role model. They need mentors, they need somebody in their corner who they can be their true selves with, and a pandemic doesn t change th