"Our goal is to build strong men and women today for a stronger community tomorrow"
The Mexica Center is a grassroots organization dedicated to building disciplined pathways toward stronger futures. Our programs are led by mentors and coaches with lived experience, allowing them to build real trust and connection with the people they serve. Through athletics, mentorship, education, and community support, we help individuals choose a different direction and build lasting change in their lives and communities.
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Founder and Executive Director Aj Vasquez understands first-hand what instability, poverty, and limited opportunities can do to a child. Raised by a single father in a low-income, underserved area of Greeley, Aj found himself involved in gangs at a young age. After coming home from being incarcerated, he was determined to prove he was more than a product of his environment. Aj started a small boxing club, the Loveland Boxing Gym, to pass on the values of discipline and perseverance. This boxing club quickly grew, and he saw an opportunity to expand his mission.
Through mentorship programs, tutoring, athletics, recovery programs, and fellowship groups, The Mexica Center provides resources and opportunities that are essential for individuals to reach their full potential. Once labeled as a ‘troubled youth’, Aj has transformed himself and redefined his story as one of leadership, service, and impact. Now a successful businessman and philanthropist, Aj holds an engineering degree, owns two successful businesses, and has a large family with six kids and his wife, Annie. Aj’s life stands as a powerful reflection of his core belief: a person’s past does not define their future.
The Mexica Center is a faith-based, grassroots nonprofit whose mission is inspired by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Our faith shapes our values, guides our leadership, and motivates us to serve our community with compassion, integrity, humility, and respect.
We believe every person possesses inherent worth and dignity. Regardless of a person's age, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, criminal history, or life circumstances, every individual deserves to be treated with kindness, respect, and genuine care.
Our Christian faith is the foundation of our organization, but it is never a condition for receiving services, participating in programs, volunteering, or building relationships within our community.
We gladly welcome and serve people of every faith tradition, those who practice no faith at all, and those who are exploring spiritual questions. No one is expected to share our beliefs, attend religious activities, or adopt our faith in order to receive support or participate in any program offered by the Mexica Center.
Our commitment is to serve every person with fairness, compassion, and dignity. We strive to create an environment where all individuals feel safe, respected, valued, and welcomed.
The Mexica Center exists to strengthen individuals, families, and communities through mentorship, athletics, recovery support, and other life-enriching programs. We are committed to providing these services without discrimination and to ensuring that every person who walks through our doors is treated with dignity, respect, and compassion.
Whether you are seeking support, encouragement, community, or an opportunity to grow, you are welcome at the Mexica Center. We consider it a privilege to serve our community and are committed to walking alongside every person with integrity, compassion, and hope.
Community
Creating spaces where people build belonging, relationships, and shared responsibility for their community.
Education
Providing tutoring, mentorship, and learning opportunities that strengthen discipline, confidence, and long-term success.
Athletics
Training the body and mind through boxing and wrestling, which builds resilience and leadership.
Empowerment
Equipping individuals with mentorship, life skills, and opportunities that help them create their own path for the future.
Chase Yoder – President
Yoder Family of Companies
Robert Lewis – Treasurer
Polaris Financial
Caleb Flores
District 6
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