Pride Fellows

Asher serves as our Policy and Advocacy Fellow, focusing on keeping our community informed about legislative issues that impact LGBTQ+ individuals across Volusia County and beyond. He works closely with our Advocacy Committee to interpret and explain new policies, helping residents understand how proposed legislation could affect them. Asher also builds bridges with local and state political leaders, ensuring that Volusia Pride has a seat at the table in conversations about equality, safety, and justice.

After serving as our Youth Leadership Fellow and helping to develop the OUTfront Youth Leadership Program, Noel has stepped into a new role as our Story and Impact Fellow. In this position, Noel is leading the production of a 10-year anniversary documentary that will highlight the incredible growth, resilience, and influence of Volusia Pride over the past decade. Through interviews, archival footage, and storytelling, Noel is ensuring that the history and heart of our movement are preserved and celebrated.

Carine is spending their Bonner Summer of Service with Volusia Pride, helping to develop an outreach and marketing plan for our new thrift store, Tucked Away Boutique. Their work focuses on identifying opportunities to increase community awareness, strengthen customer engagement, and support the long-term success of the store. Through this project, Carine is helping expand the reach of a program that not only provides affordable shopping opportunities but also supports Volusia Pride's mission and community programs.

Lucky Yew is our 2026 Volusia Pride Junior Ambassador. Their project focuses on creating educational materials and leading workshops for our youth groups on healthy dating culture, consent, and STI prevention. Through this work, Lucky is helping to connect young people with accurate information, practical skills, and supportive conversations that promote healthy relationships, personal safety, and overall well-being.

Alice led the development of the first installment in a new queer mobile “walking history” exhibit. Her inaugural project focused on the History of Drag, creating educational and visually engaging materials that celebrated drag as a rich cultural and artistic tradition. Through this work, Alice helped make queer history visible and accessible, honoring the performers and pioneers who helped shape the story of our community. We are grateful for her contributions and hope to welcome Alice back to help develop future installments of the exhibit series.

Ariel streamlined the administrative side of Volusia Pride to make our organization more efficient and connected. Their project focused on the creation of a Volusia Pride Intranet, designed to enhance internal communication, coordination, and collaboration among staff, volunteers, and chapter leaders. Ariel’s behind-the-scenes work helped ensure that our growing organization could continue to operate smoothly as we expanded our reach across the county.

Soleille played an important role in strengthening both our community resources and youth programming. Their project included auditing and updating the Volusia Resource Directory to help ensure community members can more easily access accurate and relevant support services. Soleille also assisted in the development of Youth Social programming, helping create engaging activities and welcoming experiences that foster connection, belonging, and community among LGBTQ+ youth and their allies.

Phillip helped strengthen Volusia Pride's organizational infrastructure by developing a volunteer tracking system and integrating it into our Notion platform. His work created a more efficient way to manage volunteer information, track engagement, and support coordination across programs and events. By improving how we organize and monitor volunteer involvement, Phillip helped build systems that will continue to support the growth and sustainability of our organization.