Youth to Youth speakers and trainers will entertain their audiences while imparting strong, positive prevention messages.

Featured Speakers

Our speakers’ engaging and inspiring keynotes have been designed for middle school students, high school students, college students, parents and adults who work with youth. They can also conduct workshops and adult in-services.

Ty Sells

Not just a speaker, Ty brings over thirty years of experience in drug prevention and community services. He is a “product” of the Youth to Youth high school program, and spent years during and after college working directly with youth in its’ local program. Ty is known across the country for his charisma, humor and leadership. He has developed a number of trainings, workshops, and presentations for both youth and adults to address the many complex issues that confront today’s young people. He is an Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant and has trained and spoken to youth the adults that work with young people in all 50 states as well as Bermuda, Canada, Guam, Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, Germany, Japan, and Italy.

Javier Sanchez

For more than twenty years, Javier has been inspiring and equipping youth and adults to be intentional about experiencing life to the fullest in a healthy, safe, and positive way. Through comedy, spoken word poetry, and powerful stories from his own life, Javier reminds audiences that their personal power to change their lives and change the world around them starts with the choices they make From This Moment On. Discover why Javier Sanchez and this powerful program have become one of the most sought after experiences for schools, communities, conferences, and conventions all over the world!

Looking for a speaker for your next event?

Contact Julia Hall, jhall@compdrug.org or click here to complete a speaker request form.

For more than 30 years Youth to Youth International has been one of the global front-runners in effective substance abuse prevention and youth development. Our experienced and professional staff work day to day with teens in our local county-wide Youth to Youth program, as well as deliver effective training’s and conferences designed for youth and adults. Youth to Youth can provide high energy, high content training’s for your community that are effective, relevant, practical, and fun!