Alex Sutton, 19

Alex Sutton graduated from Boise (Idaho) High School in May and was
accepted into Spartan College of Aeronautics in Oklahoma to be an aeronautic engineer. At 19, Alex is tall, lanky and usually dressed in shorts, sneakers and a polo shirt. He moved to Columbia for the summer to stay with his father.

Alex decided to go to the Youth Empowerment Zone because he wanted a summer job. After missing the first day of training, he took things into his own hands and offered to do any work that he missed and asked for all of the instructional material that had been handed out.

Alex says he’s been involved in around six fights to defend himself against racist comments. He likes chemistry and ceramics.

When Alex was 15, he had one job detailing cars and says that he likes anything where he can be creative and work with his hands.