Yá’át’ééh!
Yá’át’ééh means “hello” in Navajo. It’s hard to explain why I took the risk of moving across the country, to this unknown place, leaving behind everything and everyone I knew in Buffalo, NY, to live and work with complete strangers,…
My Year of Service with Preschoolers
Working with preschoolers is exhausting, challenging, and emotionally/mentally draining. It’s not all fun and games. There is a schedule. There is a system. We are there to teach them and most times, they do not care for learning but would…
Above and Beyond Expectations
Above and beyond expectations. That is the phrase I would use to describe this year so far. However, to be completely honest, I didn’t really have established expectations. I had a slight idea of what my job would entail, working…
4 Things I’ve Learned in My First Few Months as a Mercy Volunteer
For a few months now I have been serving at St. Peter’s School in San Francisco. Reflecting on all the change and growth that has occurred during this time makes me so stoked for the rest of my volunteer year…
Alumni Feature: Detroit A Place for Growing
“Recall the face of the poorest and weakest [person] you may have seen and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be of any use to [them].” – Gandhi There are times when things seem to work…