Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) is located in the center of Seattle Chinatown/International District (CID). This non-profit youth program was found in 1997 by Stella Chao, who was a former executive director for International District Housing Alliance (IDHA). Stella Chao is currently the Director for Department of Neighborhoods in the city of Seattle. WILD is a youth program that's open to immigrants who are in high school to develop their leadership skills. Every fall, they have a fall program open to students in Seattle Public Schools from age 13-19 to work on projects to make CID a better community. Some youths participate in the Intergenerational Program where they can develop communication skills cross generations in the Asian Pacific Islander community. History International District Housing Alliance (IDHA) is a non-profit organization which has been working for the past 30 years in Seattle's Chinatown/International District to improve life quality for the CID residents. Its initial mission was to provide affordable housing to the low-income community in Chinatown/International District. Throughout the years, IDHA has evolved to meet community needs, from providing affordable housings to leadership development, environmental justice, community building and more. In 1997, the executive director of IDHA found WILD so youths in the community can learn about the environment earlier. Background WILD is a community formed using bottom-up strategies where all members take part in making decisions also get to decide on a specific project they want to work on. Other than big projects (that are partnered with other organizations), WILD members are always encouraged to get involved in community events and activities related to the environment year round. They are actively involved in the spring and fall Chinatown/International District clean-up. While removing graffiti and picking up trash, they also planted plants in CID. During winter of every year, all the youth help with the Holiday Dinner and Gift Drive host by IDHA. For the gift drive, they go from setting up booths to wrapping and distributing gifts to the low-income family. In addition to all these activities, youth also get access for homework help and help with college applications. WILD has been evaluated by Seattle Partners of Health Communities showing that this program does promotes community-accountability and it incorporated community-defined measures of successes. Grants WILD (under IDHA) had received multiple grants from different funders. One of the grants, CARE from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was granted to IDHA. CARE