Personal Narrative: Key Club As A Community Leader

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Throughout my high school career I have been deeply involved in many academic and extracurricular activities, holding leadership positions in several of said clubs or organizations. Here are the positions that are most important to me:

Key Club Executive Board Member (2017-2018): Key Club is an internationally recognized service and leadership club in which high school students can become more involved in their own community, and the international community. As an executive board member of my school’s Key Club, I work very closely with my other board members to create several volunteer opportunities, develop deep connections with my local community, and find ways to get my school more involved with community service. In addition to these roles,

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