Reflective Essay: Making A Difference Board At Providence

Graduating from Providence College with a degree in Public and Community Service, I spent four years immersing myself in nonprofit organizations throughout the Providence, Rhode Island area as well as throughout the United States and Mexico. For five semesters, I served as a Community Liaison with the EXPLORE! program, a college access program for high school freshman and sophomores throughout Providence. As a Community Assistant for two semesters, I led a group of student volunteers to a local refugee family from Senegal home, where we worked with the family on English and becoming acclimated into their community. Additionally, as part of my responsibilities, I wrote a grant to supply resources for the family in order to assist in their acclamation of their community. My last semester of college, I was elected Chair of the Making A Difference Board at Providence in which the class distributed $10,000 to three organizations throughout Providence, Rhode Island. As Board Chair, I was responsible for the creation of the Request for Proposal as well as working with the Board to determine which organizations we wanted to fund. I spent two of my spring breaks building homes on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and in Tijuana, Mexico. While my undergraduate degree gave me a …show more content…
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