OUR CHIEF VOLUNTEERS
COURTNEY BOSCA
PRESIDENT/IMAGINER/FOUNDER
Courtney Rice Bosca is the founder of Youth Across Borders (YAB) and calls herself the Chief Imaginer of the project. Her love of a group of children living with HIV in Honduras in 2012 led to her dream of connecting people in need with people who could give – regardless of age, nationality, race, gender, religion, or political belief.
Courtney had served on the Board of Directors for Montana de Luz, a home for children and young adults living with HIV in Central America for six years. She visited Montana de Luz and immersed herself in the lives of the precious children who lived there. The gifts of her experiences and her imagination moved her to take what she believed to be a natural step: Fostering connections between children and young adults living with HIV anywhere in the world. She is executive director of YAB, has organized six Youth Across Borders trips, and has made 20 trips to homes caring for youth living with HIV/AIDS. She steers YAB forward by relying on her lived experiences and the knowledge gained from all of her work in the past decade.
Courtney’s firmly held belief is that if humans will listen to each other, share their lived experiences, and stay curious about the current human condition in all its forms, the world will become a better place for all.
LIZ ALBERS/ VICE PRESIDENT/ SECRETARY
Liz fell in love with the Youth Across Borders message and mission while participating in the 2018 YAB service trip to Montaña de Luz in Honduras. She was also a team member in 2019 and hopes to be involved in many more trips.
Liz is grateful for the opportunity to join the board; she aspires to use her MA in Counseling Psychology, her experience in adoptions, and her work in various hospitals to positively impact this organization.
Her dream is to improve the lives of children and youth living with HIV worldwide, to address the stigma of HIV/AIDS, to spread education about this condition, and to promote the understanding and acceptance of those affected by it.
MARNINA MILLER / YOUTH CONSULTANT
Marnina Miller is an International Human Rights Activist, and Social Media Influencer who currently resides in Houston, Texas. Marnina is the Outreach Coordinator for Southern AIDS Coalition. Ms. Miller serves on the Board of Directors for Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA), where she is also a graduate of their Public Policy Fellowship. Marnina was a Youth Ambassador for Youth Across Borders for 2018, and 2019. At the National Minority Aids Council, she is a Youth Consultant, and she is also a Greater Than Aids Ambassador. She is the inaugural co-chair and a founding member of the Texans Living With HIV Network. She is also the founder of MarninaTheQueen, a brand dedicated to holistic wellness, self-care, and sex positivity. Marnina is also a feature writer for the international online publication Life and Love with HIV where she is dismantling the stigma of women, developing, maintaining, and pursuing a healthy sex life one blog post at a time.