Leadership development
Training young people to lead, speak, organize and grow professionally.
Fiston NdayishimiyeTrainings
Leadership is a skill.
We practice it together.
I run trainings for young people and the adults who work beside them: leading, speaking, organizing, advocacy and taking care of each other. Most of them I build with the Young Adults Development Network.
Primary training partner
Young Adults Development Network
YDN is youth-led and volunteer-run. We build young leaders through leadership development, education, civic engagement and community building, with a focus on refugee, immigrant and underserved young people.
I co-founded YDN with Pastor Serge Kagabo, and I've been Executive Director since March 2024. When I train, YDN is usually in the room with me.
Visit ydnofficial.org →0Washington, D.C. Leadership and Advocacy Conferences: our first in 2025, and again July 1 to 4, 2026.
$0+raised by partners in Arizona with a conference and a soccer match, for YDN's first trip to Washington.
2026Young Person of the Year, Stay Work Play New Hampshire, for my work with YDN and young people.
What we train
Four ways in.
In person or online. Shaped for middle school, high school, college or educator audiences.
Leaders in Washington
Our Washington, D.C. Leadership and Advocacy Conference trains young leaders: first in 2025, and again July 1 to 4, 2026.
Civic engagement and advocacy
How public service systems work, how to engage them, and how to advocate alongside community leaders.
Classrooms and staff trainings
Assemblies, classes and staff trainings on leadership, heritage and belonging.
Bring a training
to your people.
Tell me who's in the room and what they're working toward. YDN and I will shape the session around them.