As part of a Community-Based Learning course service requirement, David Caiafa was introduced to the robust enrichment programming at the Renaissance Youth Center in the South Bronx. Given freedom by the RYC staff to choose his area of contribution, David called upon his high school experiences as both an athlete and a youth peer leader, and volunteered as an assistant with the RYC basketball program. Although he is not a basketball player, David saw in the participants of the program visions of himself as an emotional and sometimes volatile adolescent and he brainstormed ways in which he could help them to channel their passions towards self development, as he has. He spoke with the coach about designing a mindfulness workshop for the preteen boys wherein he could teach them to center themselves and to use mindful breathing and visualization exercises to calm their minds and bodies and to focus, reducing reactivity and increasing cooperation and positivity. With enthusiastic support of the RYC staff, David has taken the initiative to implement this program to great success with the boys and has recently expanded to include a second mindfulness workshop for RYC basketball's autistic athletes. In this endeavor, David has shown uncommon commitment to the well being of others, compassion, initiative and perseverance.