My heart was beating fast and the palms of my hands were sweaty. All I could think to myself was, “please do not call on me,” however, with my luck, I was chosen to “approach the mic.” Growing up, I was never a bold or outgoing, I have always been a very reserved individual. Therefore, this was a very big deal for me. This happened my sophomore year of high school. I was granted the opportunity to attend the National Hispanic Institute, Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative program, which was only a week long. The program is centered on being able to speak up and advocate for yourself, as well as, “approaching the mic” which was something they took great pride in. Approaching the mic meant having to speak up to the secretary or anybody
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The program was named Link Crew and in this program I helped the freshmen have a smooth transition to high school. While I was in NHI I realized that speaking up to a smaller group of people was something I was good at, which is why I decided to join Link Crew. Each group consisted of about eight freshmen and three leaders. I wanted to make a difference in their lives because of what NHI taught me. I also choose to be apart of this program because as a freshmen I needed some guidance. Therefore, I wanted to be an extra resource for the freshmen. There were some difficult times, in which I felt the need to quit because some of the kids were very disrespectful. They did not see the need to listen to another student. It was very frustrating, so I had to speak up and let the program director know in order for him to do something about the situation. Once he realized that some kids were not being involved he would change them from groups and also gave them a failing grade. Although I thought about quitting, I ended up staying in the program because I realized that there were some kids that needed that guidance and actually enjoyed the program. I wanted the freshmen to take away something from the program as well, therefore I would always advise them to take
The program was named Link Crew and in this program I helped the freshmen have a smooth transition to high school. While I was in NHI I realized that speaking up to a smaller group of people was something I was good at, which is why I decided to join Link Crew. Each group consisted of about eight freshmen and three leaders. I wanted to make a difference in their lives because of what NHI taught me. I also choose to be apart of this program because as a freshmen I needed some guidance. Therefore, I wanted to be an extra resource for the freshmen. There were some difficult times, in which I felt the need to quit because some of the kids were very disrespectful. They did not see the need to listen to another student. It was very frustrating, so I had to speak up and let the program director know in order for him to do something about the situation. Once he realized that some kids were not being involved he would change them from groups and also gave them a failing grade. Although I thought about quitting, I ended up staying in the program because I realized that there were some kids that needed that guidance and actually enjoyed the program. I wanted the freshmen to take away something from the program as well, therefore I would always advise them to take