Liberty Thompson and Alexis Flores- JEMfriends

JEMfriendsAging-out youth face tremendous adversities, and many of them personallyexperience the reality of these devastating hardships.When faced with such challenges, aged-out youth need a supportive environmentto help them take steps towards independence.Liberty (Barrett) Thompson – Founder, Executive DirectorLiberty grew up in the Boise, Idaho, area as the third of seven siblings.  From a young age, she demonstrated a concern for the orphans and forgotten and pursued friendships with those overlooked by others.  In 2008, Liberty founded JEMfriends with the vision that each youth aging out of foster care would have opportunities to flourish in a society that understands their adversity and supports them in becoming loving adults.  Currently, Liberty serves as the Executive Director for JEMfriends, leading several programs that support aged out youth and increasing awareness about the needs of these youth in the community. She also  engages many youth in the community through personal mentoring and coaching. She is enthusiastic, motivated, and creative in her leadership of the JEMfriends community.  Her life goal is to passionately serve others as Jesus did and to love without overlooking anyone. She enjoys spending time with her husband Daniel and daughter, Jaynah Alexis Flores – Community Engagement CoordinatorAlexis was born and raised in Texas and moved to Idaho when she was a freshman in high school. She graduated college in Salem, Oregon, with a degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Trauma and Addictions and Children and Family. Alexis loves to spend time with friends and family, go for drives listening to music way too loudly, meeting others for coffee to share the joys and struggles of life, and being in the sun outside whenever she can! Alexis is excited to be part of the JEMfriends team because of how JEMfriends serves to be a support and friend to those who need it. She firmly believes that everyone needs one person in their life who makes them feel seen, heard, cared for, and worthy of love. Alexis believes anyone has the ability to make a difference in their community and is passionate about getting people involved. She has personally experienced the change in her life through relationships and desires to be a JEMfriend wherever she can!https://www.790kspd.com/christian-living-spotlight/Welcome to Christian Living Spotlight, a weekly show hosted by Sandy Jones, publisher of Christian Living Magazine, that spotlights people featured in the magazine. Tune in every Saturday at 12 noon on 94.5 FM and 790 AM on Boise's Solid Talk  to find out who is in the spotlight!