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Step By Step | Kent Templien’s Story of Resilience

A devastating ATV accident left Kent Templien with a severe spinal cord injury. It also revealed incredible resolve and resilience.                

Clay Patterson | A Renewed Voice

November 10, 2025

Sending a text. Most of us do it several times a day.  Double-checking a meeting time, making sure the groceries got picked up. Passing along a funny meme. It’s lost […]

Kylee Mueller | Never a Plateau

October 17, 2025

It’s July 2024. The balloons and streamers are getting cleared, and Kylee Mueller is headed back home, at long last, to Wayne, Nebraska. The goodbyes and well-wishes are the perfect […]

Bandna Bhatti | Rally

September 25, 2025

The day is hot, almost unbearable, yet the exercises continue. Twenty-two-year-old Bandna Bhatti positions the sports wheelchair to accommodate the rallies headed her way. Some are close-ups, while others are […]

Jason Jensen | Skating Forward

September 17, 2025

They try to capture some action shots. QLI client Jason Jensen positions his ice skates just so, hoping that the ice will align on the edge of the skates, passing […]

Nash Mahupete and QLI’s Culture of Growth

September 5, 2025

Leaders aren’t born—they’re made. Spend a day with Nash Mahupete and you’ll quickly see what leadership in action looks like. From meetings to late-night shifts, quality time spent with residential […]

Dylan Wescott | Growing the Competition

August 26, 2025

The trophy can go to anyone. Every other Sunday, QLI clients gather for the chance to claim it. For some, it’s their first attempt at playing the sport. The exact […]

Alicia Townsend | The Confident Voice

July 10, 2025

The cloudy atmosphere above the crowd gathered in front of QLI’s Colladay Center does little to dampen the attitude and anticipation. All around stand clients and team members, decked out […]

Ashley LaCourse | Nonstop Milestones

June 5, 2025

Jon LaCourse remembers the call. In the middle of a week in late August 2024. He was away from their home in Fargo, North Dakota, on a business trip in […]

Rico Martinez | Being Somebody

June 4, 2025

He’s got a story to tell, and he knows it. For Christian “Rico” Martinez, the future is now as clear as it ever has been—he will use his story to […]

Andrea Fossum | A Place to Thrive

May 15, 2025

It is April 2025. The iPad unlocks. With a darting hand, Andrea Fossum pulls up Facebook, and a few more taps get her to her friend Jennifer Cady’s page. She […]

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