Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Empowering Kids The Mission Behind 'You Are Loved' Program

19 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this interview, host Richard R. Ramos asks the guest to describe their organization and the services it provides, focusing on the children they serve. The guest explains that the initiative began during the COVID‑19 pandemic as a motivational effort to counter widespread hopelessness and sadness. They outline how the program was founded to give hope and emotional support to kids and families, setting the stage for later discussion of specific services, stories, and the broader mission of the 'You Are Loved' program.

So talk about your organization and, um, what are the services that you guys provide and maybe some of the stories of some of the different kids that you're serving.
Yeah, so we initially started during COVID and then we started as like— I started as like a motivational thing or whatever because people, uh, didn't have hope and a lot of people were so sad and stuff.—
was a tough time.
And, uh, I just wanted people to know that there's hope out there. Um, so that's why, like, our tagline is Power Your Journey. And then, so then Amy and I— and then Amy and I created— Amy came on, uh, which is my soul sister, and she came on, and then we started developing journals and planners for women. And our 3 key areas we focus on, and this transitions into our children's books, which is relationships with your faith, family, and friends, whatever someone's faith is. The second thing is career schooling.