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Inclusion Campaign: Meet Rylan

Rylan Jack's Story

Rylan loves looking for deer and elk, running, jumping, climbing and watching movies like Moana, Trolls, and Storks. He has autism and a sensory processing disorder. He is a non-verbal 3-year-old that his mom Kayla describes as “the most pure human being.” Kayla can’t imagine life without this vivacious child who has in her words “…taught us so much about love, acceptance, and kindness.”

Read Rylan’s story, presented by American National Bank, here.

Local nonprofit Valley Life for All is working to build inclusive communities where people of all abilities belong and contribute. Request a training or join the conversation at www.valleylifeforall.org or #voicability4all.

Kayla's dedicated Facebook page for Rylan is accessible here.

Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.