Makerspace facilitates opportunities for youth and young adults to grow their leadership and entrepreneurial skills through understanding and building creative economies. Thriving as an artist, creative or entrepreneur can be challenging, but with the support of community mentors participants establish healthier relationships with money and labor and learn how to grow their own culturally rooted and community connected arts and culture work. Makerspace affirms the cultural, individual, and communal knowledge of participants, supports positive identity development, and encourages participants to leverage their ingenuity to develop creative solutions for addressing social issues, creating thriving spaces and developing products that meet individual and community needs.