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Christian Moore is a licensed clinical social worker, author, speaker and advocate for at-risk youth. Christian also has a Masters in Social Work from Brigham Young University. He is the founder of the WhyTry Organization and creator of the WhyTry Program, which has been used in over 13,000 schools, private and public mental health agencies, group homes, correctional facilities and youth detention centers across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. The WhyTry Program that Christian created has proven to be an effective way to teach critical social and emotional skills affecting the success and happiness of individuals facing life’s challenges. Christian grew up in the Washington, D.C. area in a family of twelve children. By the second grade, Christian had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, conduct disorder, and severe learning disabilities. Despite overwhelming obstacles and severe learning disabilities Christian rose from the special education arena to earn a master’s degree in social work.

As a social worker, Christian's work with youth led him to the realization that they usually lacked only one thing to experience the same success he had--hope. The WhyTry Program teaches key social and emotional skills that open the door to hope. WhyTry is now used in thousands of schools, correctional facilities, and mental health agencies across the world and is a fast-growing intervention program for at-risk youth.

When he is not traveling the world speaking for all audiences, Christian is home with his family in the Rocky Mountains.