I remember how surreal it felt to see President Dudley of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York sitting to my right, talking to us about his daily work. My Fed Challenge teammates and I had won the New York Fed
Challenge, and we were having lunch with President Dudley. I was the freshman on an upperclassmen filled team, a mere teenager trying to prepare herself for the real world.
In retrospect, the lunch with President Dudley was the starting point of my transition into adulthood. The train ride to New York was similar to my journey to becoming a more well- rounded individual.
Come junior year, I became one of the youngest presidents of the Fed Challenge team in the history of my school.
This experience sparked my transition from the mindset of a teenager into that of an …show more content…
Soon I found myself interviewing new potential members assessing them on their knowledge, commitment to such a time intensive club, and their ability to complement the dynamic team. I knew that my actions and decisions in selecting the new member would determine the trajectory of the team- some changes would not be noticeable until months later. The team is a very tight knit group of at most five members.
Now with added responsibilities, I trained the newest member and continued to assign speeches, news articles, lectures and financial papers while conducting Q&A practice. Academically, junior year continued to throw curveballs at me through my various AP classes, and other extracurricular activities like dance and tutoring. But one could always find me waiting in the library after school for my team to show up, ready to debate monetary policy. Time management and creative ways of eating and studying at once were stepping stones in my journey to adulthood. Two weeks leading to the competition, my Fed Challenge coach and I were comparing our observations on the presentation skills and monetary policy knowledge of my team. It dawned on me that I had achieved what I
Challenge, and we were having lunch with President Dudley. I was the freshman on an upperclassmen filled team, a mere teenager trying to prepare herself for the real world.
In retrospect, the lunch with President Dudley was the starting point of my transition into adulthood. The train ride to New York was similar to my journey to becoming a more well- rounded individual.
Come junior year, I became one of the youngest presidents of the Fed Challenge team in the history of my school.
This experience sparked my transition from the mindset of a teenager into that of an …show more content…
Soon I found myself interviewing new potential members assessing them on their knowledge, commitment to such a time intensive club, and their ability to complement the dynamic team. I knew that my actions and decisions in selecting the new member would determine the trajectory of the team- some changes would not be noticeable until months later. The team is a very tight knit group of at most five members.
Now with added responsibilities, I trained the newest member and continued to assign speeches, news articles, lectures and financial papers while conducting Q&A practice. Academically, junior year continued to throw curveballs at me through my various AP classes, and other extracurricular activities like dance and tutoring. But one could always find me waiting in the library after school for my team to show up, ready to debate monetary policy. Time management and creative ways of eating and studying at once were stepping stones in my journey to adulthood. Two weeks leading to the competition, my Fed Challenge coach and I were comparing our observations on the presentation skills and monetary policy knowledge of my team. It dawned on me that I had achieved what I