Empowering New Orleans Youth

At the UTH Foundation, we believe every young person in New Orleans holds boundless potential. Inspired by our founder, Artist La Reezy, we're dedicated to solving the opportunity gap by guiding youth to intentionally channel their time into positive, purposeful pathways, transforming creativity into lasting success.

Meet our Board of Directors

Behind every Foundation is a dedicated team of professionals, each bringing their unique expertise and enthusiasm to our business.

Khadijah Shakir Hankton

Board Chair

Ahmad Shakir

Vice-Chair

Shaun Hankton

Treasurer

Terri Martin

Board Secretary

UTH Foundation: Creative Pathways to Success

Our founder, Khayree Salahuddin (Artist La Reezy), built his eclectic music career and successful business, La Reezy, LLC, by mastering discipline, vision, and business acumen and by leveraging technology—often outside traditional academic systems. This lived experience fuels the UTH Foundation's mission: to deliver educational programming, workshops, mentorship, and support, equipping young people with the skills and resources to responsibly cultivate creative and entrepreneurial pathways.

More Than Youth Development: BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS.

UTH Foundation recognizes that today's youth are tomorrow's civic leaders, entrepreneurs, and culture-shapers. Unlike other organizations, we provide structure, belonging, mentorship, and economic clarity that transform creativity into capacity—and capacity into security. We're building future leadership infrastructure by intentionally investing time to foster innovative, persistent young leaders.

Creating Systemic Change in New Orleans

We envision young people emerging from UTH Foundation with a clear professional trajectory, income-generating skills, and leadership capacity that will profoundly benefit the entire New Orleans community. This is the systemic change we design to measure and expect, empowering a new generation to drive positive, lasting impact.

"Belonging is not an abstract concept — it is a strategic design principle."

When young people operate in environments that welcome their ideas and respect their lived realities, they are more likely to innovate, persist, and lead. This is the UTH Foundation difference.

Contact

Opening Hours

Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM
Sunday: Closed

Founder, Khayree Salahuddin

 

(504) 655-7641

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