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I have always enjoyed tutoring and mentoring children. Every summer during high school, I would volunteer at Trinity Summer Program, a summer school for first to sixth graders. With a desire to continue working with children, I actively searched for clubs and organizations at UCLA that would allow for me to continue doing so. From my search, I came across Project Literacy at UCLA.

Project Literacy at UCLA is a program that pairs a student volunteer with a child from disadvantaged Los Angeles communities for one on one tutoring and mentoring. This student-run organization provided me an opportunity to continue my passion of working with children and serve my community. I was ecstatic to be accepted into the organization and was placed at the

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