meet mark owen
Mark is a Junior Fellow from JCM Early College High. He is highly driven, bold, outgoing and motivated to make the world a better place. Mark is passionate about loving, helping and serving others especially in one-on-one settings. He sees a big need across the community for others to be brought together and connected across a wide range of groups and situations. As an idea creator he believes in the power of small groups to do big things for the community. This is an important foundation for Mark in his role with the Jackson Grown Leader Fellowship.
Importantly he recognizes the role that teachers have played in his growth and learning over the years. Mark believes “people are heroes when they do right as life gets tough. They are people fight for others making the word a better place.” Mark has a wide range of interests and can imagine himself being a number of things including a writer, thinker, explorer, inventor, athlete or actor.
Mark’s interests for addressing community challenges: #connectingothers #serving
Mark’s leadership, expertise and skills: #ideacreator
Mark in 3 words: religious, bold, energetic
We work together with a wide range of public, private and non-profit partners in the community.
The Jackson Grown program is financially supported by the Leaders Education Foundation