Common Good Award Spotlights: West High School Clinic

In this episode of Common Good Awards Spotlights, host Amy Upchurch sits down with James Yapias, Senior Director of the Salt Lake Education Foundation, and Dr. Kim Hansen, Assistant Professor of General Pediatrics at University of Utah Health and Medical Director of the West High School Clinic—one of this year’s Common Good Award recipients. Together, they share the story of how an old football locker room was transformed into a modern, fully functioning clinic serving students across the Salt Lake City School District. The conversation explores the critical gap the clinic fills in adolescent physical and mental healthcare, the obstacles and opportunities they’ve encountered, and what parents, educators, and community partners are saying about this powerful collaboration.

Special thanks to the Salt Lake Education Foundation and University of Utah Health for making this possible.