I would like to serve as an Alternative Break Scholar because of the impact of my first Alternative Spring Break trip as well as, the impression that my former trip leaders left on me. During my first Alternative Break that was centered around systematic racism with a focus on gentrification and food insecurity I fell in love with the different types of services that my group and I participated in. The specific activity that I participated in was the act of helping to diminish the effects of food insecurity by packing boxes of food to disperse to the populations of people without the access or opportunity to purchase food items. While doing this service, I learned the importance of giving back and being grateful, many of the workers at the
