{"id":374,"date":"2026-09-14T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/?p=374"},"modified":"2026-09-27T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:10:29","slug":"meet-makayla-speight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/meet-makayla-speight\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Makayla Speight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1046\" height=\"1238\" src=\"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Makayla-Speight-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;width:100%;height:auto;width:500px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Makayla-Speight-.jpeg 1046w, https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Makayla-Speight--253x300.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Makayla-Speight--865x1024.jpeg 865w, https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Makayla-Speight--768x909.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1046px) 100vw, 1046px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outreach was a staple in my childhood, something I will never forget. It helped me develop my learning skills, problem solving and critical thinking abilities. Outreach also helped me develop the family I have created today. I learned how to effectively communicate and problem solve and nurture meaningful relationships. I have had the blessing of keeping the same 4 friends going on 11 years with the help of Outreach. A lot of our first\u2019s as friends were with Outreach and we still talk about them to this day. I attended Outreach from 2015-2018. The mentors helped shape me into the woman I am today, with their knowledge, wisdom and guidance; and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful. Ten Years after ORD I am currently in my last year of college obtaining my business degree with a concentration in management. I have been running my business for the last 4 years and I\u2019m obtaining the degree to back it as we speak! I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today without the fundamentals I learned from Ms. D\u2019Jella and all the amazing mentors in Outreach. There are not a lot of things out there for kids like this and it should be it makes all the difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>-Makayla Speight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outreach was a staple in my childhood, something I will never forget. It helped me develop my learning skills, problem solving and critical&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outreachdevelopmentinc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}