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The Kings & Queens Project... who?!

My name is Jacob Boettcher.  I am a senior at Silver Creek High School, in Longmont, Colorado.  I am also a member of my high school's focus program, the  Silver Creek Leadership Academy . A four year program, ending in a capstone project. At first glance,  The Kings & Queen Project   is just my capstone. But, to me, and I hope eventually you, it is so much more.  To the people in my life I am tall, strong headed, loud and on the outside a pretty normal kid.  But in my life I have always felt this burning desire to create change, to make an impact that was bigger than myself.  But the problem was I didn't know what kind of change to make, or for that matter what issue to tackle.  But then being exposed to Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation, I was jolted to life with an instant passion to create change, and with absolute certainty I declared that this was the issue I would attempt to make a dent in.  So I started, first by presenting to health classes i