Service work has significantly impacted my goals for social impact. A couple months ago I completed community service at Loaves and Fishes in New Haven, Connecticut. For about five to six hours each Saturday, Loaves and Fishes gives out free food to families in need. Sadly, most of these people look like me. It’s unsettling that so many black and hispanic people need to rely on free food to survive. As a result, I really enjoyed my time there because I was helping people in need and I could’ve easily been in the same position as them. My family used to get government assistance, but I am so grateful and blessed to be where I am today. If someone asks me for something, they most likely need it more than I do. At Loaves and Fishes, there were a few families or people that asked for extra eggs or bread and I gave it to them because my heart can’t say no to a person in need and struggling. I simply smiled, said yes, or said nothing while discreetly giving an extra. Helping others and making their lives easier makes me so happy. This sense of shared prosperity is why I work so hard. I want to share my prosperity with others who aren’t given the same opportunities as me and who are struggling to survive. Therefore, I want to create a social enterprise that can help the poor be wealthier, the sick be healthier, the disenfranchised to feel empowered, the abused to be free, and the wrongfully and ignorantly hated to be loved. I was inspired to create a social enterprise this past summer. This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher, Ciara Ungar, instilled strong economic, entrepreneurial, and social justice skills within me that have motivated me to help those around me. One of my high school teachers, named Dr. Jewett, set my heart ablaze to help others. There’s this Zulu word called “ubuntu.” It means “I am because we all are.” It describes our interconnectedness and how no person can operate completely independently. As human beings, we are interdependent; we all need each other. Dr. Jewett helped me realize that I have been helped in ways that I do and do not see, and that it is my responsibility to help those around me. Dr. Jewett helped me grow as a person and become a better community member. She was right. Ubuntu, or I am because we all are. Therefore, I will help others through my social enterprise when I'm older because "Ubuntu," I am here because we all are. We are interconnected and we as humans need to look after each other no matter what. This scholarship will help me work towards my dream by helping pay for my college fees.

Service work has significantly impacted my goals for social impact. A couple months ago I completed community service at Loaves and Fishes in New Haven, Connecticut. For about five to six hours each Saturday, Loaves and Fishes gives out free food to families in need. Sadly, most of these people look like me. It’s unsettling that so many black and hispanic people need to rely on free food to survive. As a result, I really enjoyed my time there because I was helping people in need and I could’ve easily been in the same position as them. My family used to get government assistance, but I am so grateful and blessed to be where I am today. If someone asks me for something, they most likely need it more than I do. At Loaves and Fishes, there were a few families or people that asked for extra eggs or bread and I gave it to them because my heart can’t say no to a person in need and struggling. I simply smiled, said yes, or said nothing while discreetly giving an extra. Helping others and making their lives easier makes me so happy. This sense of shared prosperity is why I work so hard. I want to share my prosperity with others who aren’t given the same opportunities as me and who are struggling to survive. Therefore, I want to create a social enterprise that can help the poor be wealthier, the sick be healthier, the disenfranchised to feel empowered, the abused to be free, and the wrongfully and ignorantly hated to be loved. I’ll continue this service work in college. This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher, Ciara Ungar, instilled strong economic, entrepreneurial, and social justice skills within me that have motivated me to help those around me. Similarly, Cornell’s mission is to create leaders that are focused on the people and strive to build long-lasting, non-rivalrous prosperity using impact-focused business. Furthermore, Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management nurtures its students to find solutions for the world’s most significant societal problems by using business and economic principles. In my summer program, I presented a social enterprise as the CEO of my group project. I was inspired to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and applied economics skills from Cornell to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community in Ithaca, NY (which makes up 17.1% of Ithaca’s population), this change will take a generation or more; but, with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Cornell’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change.

This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice. Cornell’s mission is to create leaders that are focused on the people and strive to build long-lasting, non-rivalrous prosperity using impact-focused business. Furthermore, Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management nurtures its students to find solutions for the world’s most significant societal problems by using business and economic principles. In my summer program, I presented a social enterprise as the CEO of my group project. I was inspired to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and applied economics skills from Cornell to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community in Ithaca, NY (which makes up 17.1% of Ithaca’s population), this change will take a generation or more; but, with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Cornell’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change. In high school, I took a class in Macroeconomics and I am currently taking Microeconomics. In Macroeconomics, I learned how to use equations, laws, terms, and economical analysis to determine the state of the current economy and to predict its future. In Microeconomics, I’m learning how individual decisions from people and households impact the state of the economy and its future. I took these courses to get a good sense of economics and to empower myself with knowledge that can potentially help me empower others. At Dyson, I want to further my understanding of economics and apply it to society to find solutions for real world problems. Service work has significantly impacted my goals for social impact. A couple months ago I completed community service at Loaves and Fishes in New Haven, Connecticut. For about five to six hours each Saturday, Loaves and Fishes gives out free food to families in need. Sadly, most of these people look like me. It’s unsettling that so many black and hispanic people need to rely on free food to survive. As a result, I really enjoyed my time there because I was helping people in need and I could’ve easily been in the same position as them. My family used to get government assistance, but I am so grateful and blessed to be where I am today. If someone asks me for something, they most likely need it more than I do. At Loaves and Fishes, there were a few families or people that asked for extra eggs or bread and I gave it to them because my heart can’t say no to a person in need and struggling. I simply smiled, said yes, or said nothing while discreetly giving an extra. Helping others and making their lives easier makes me so happy. This sense of shared prosperity is why I work so hard. I want to share my prosperity with others who aren’t given the same opportunities as me and who are struggling to survive. Therefore, I want to create a social enterprise that can help the poor be wealthier, the sick be healthier, the disenfranchised to feel empowered, the abused to be free, and the wrongfully and ignorantly hated to be loved. This scholarship will help pay my huge expenses of attending Cornell and help me move towards my dreams.

This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher taught me how innovative, impact-driven, and significant Columbia is. I know that Columbia is the place for me because my summer experience has inspired me to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and economic skills from Columbia to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community around Columbia in New York City, this change will take a generation or more; but with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Columbia’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change. This experience got me interested in Business Management at Columbia because I need to know how to manage a business to create mine. I’m interested in going to Columbia University because it’s a beacon of innovation and social change. For instance, Columbia’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise addresses social issues by teaching its students to apply business skills like management and entrepreneurship to real-world scenarios. There are so many social issues in today’s world, so I want to attend Columbia to make a positive impact on those around me. The social issues that are most important to me right now are Asian hate, global warming, Black Lives Matter, and housing insecurity. With the support and resources at Columbia’s Tamer Center like the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, I’ll be able to tackle at least one of these issues. I want to create lasting social change. Columbia’s Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program will allow me to continue creating social change during the summer. This program will allow me to use what I’ve learned in the classroom to create change with an organization, create high environmental and social value, and allow me to explore my area of interest all at the same time. Columbia will give me the chance to rise up to issues that desperately need addressing in our city and across the globe. My teacher Dr. Jewett has greatly impacted how I treat others and how I’ll treat others at Columbia. There’s this Zulu word called “ubuntu.” It means “I am because we all are.” It describes our interconnectedness and how no person can operate completely independently. As human beings, we are interdependent; we all need each other. Dr. Jewett helped me realize that I have been helped in ways that I do and do not see, and that it is my responsibility to help those around me. Dr. Jewett helped me grow as a person and become a better community member. She was right. Ubuntu, or I am because we all are. I’m conclusion, I will leave a lasting impact on my future students by teaching them a strong sense of community and to help others whenever the opportunity is presented to themselves.

Service work has significantly impacted my goals for social impact. A couple months ago I completed community service at Loaves and Fishes in New Haven, Connecticut. For about five to six hours each Saturday, Loaves and Fishes gives out free food to families in need. Sadly, most of these people look like me. It’s unsettling that so many black and hispanic people need to rely on free food to survive. As a result, I really enjoyed my time there because I was helping people in need and I could’ve easily been in the same position as them. My family used to get government assistance, but I am so grateful and blessed to be where I am today. If someone asks me for something, they most likely need it more than I do. At Loaves and Fishes, there were a few families or people that asked for extra eggs or bread and I gave it to them because my heart can’t say no to a person in need and struggling. I simply smiled, said yes, or said nothing while discreetly giving an extra. Helping others and making their lives easier makes me so happy. This sense of shared prosperity is why I work so hard. I want to share my prosperity with others who aren’t given the same opportunities as me and who are struggling to survive. Therefore, I want to create a social enterprise that can help the poor be wealthier, the sick be healthier, the disenfranchised to feel empowered, the abused to be free, and the wrongfully and ignorantly hated to be loved. I was inspired to do service work by my dean last year. During the last weeks of junior year, I was burnt out from my rigorous academic classes and the workload that accompanied them. My girlfriend told me that if I didn’t come back to see her during the last weekend of May, she might break up with me. In order to go home earlier, I told my deans that it was my little cousin’s birthday. My parents later discovered that I had lied and notified my deans about my wrongful behavior. Dr. Jewett, one of my deans, told me that she wanted me to stay on campus to help around my dorm during the moving process, and enjoy these last few days of school. I told Dr. Jewett “I did not agree to helping out and it isn’t my job to do so. They are not my responsibility Dr. Jewett. I owe them nothing.” I was wrong. At the very least, I owed my dorm mates the support and love of a dedicated community member. There’s this Zulu word called “ubuntu.” It means “I am because we all are.” It describes our interconnectedness and how no person can operate completely independently. As human beings, we are interdependent; we all need each other. Dr. Jewett helped me realize that I have been helped in ways that I do and do not see, and that it is my responsibility to help those around me. Ironically, I still ended up helping out in my dorm. When I came back to school my senior year, I told my deans how sorry I was for lying, for being inconsiderate of my community, and for my ungrateful and cold-hearted behavior. Dr. Jewett helped me grow as a person and become a better community member. She was right. Ubuntu, or I am because we all are. This scholarship will help me pay for my college expenses and move towards my dream of helping others because I am because we all are.

This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher taught me how innovative, impact-driven, and significant Columbia is. I know that Columbia is the place for me because my summer experience has inspired me to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and economic skills from Columbia to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community around Columbia in New York City, this change will take a generation or more; but with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Columbia’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change. This experience got me interested in Business Management at Columbia because I need to know how to manage a business to create mine. I’m interested in going to Columbia University because it’s a beacon of innovation and social change. For instance, Columbia’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise addresses social issues by teaching its students to apply business skills like management and entrepreneurship to real-world scenarios. There are so many social issues in today’s world, so I want to attend Columbia to make a positive impact on those around me. The social issues that are most important to me right now are Asian hate, global warming, Black Lives Matter, and housing insecurity. With the support and resources at Columbia’s Tamer Center like the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, I’ll be able to tackle at least one of these issues. I want to create lasting social change. Columbia’s Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program will allow me to continue creating social change during the summer. This program will allow me to use what I’ve learned in the classroom to create change with an organization, create high environmental and social value, and allow me to explore my area of interest all at the same time. Columbia will give me the chance to rise up to issues that desperately need addressing in our city and across the globe. I’m conclusion, this scholarship will help give me the financial support that I need to help others around me and make my dreams real.

One day this school year, I was eating in the senior section of the dining hall. One of my friends complained about how dirty the hockey kids left their table in the senior section. It was filthy. I despise when people leave their table messy because it’s extremely careless and immature; it makes the job of Choate’s SAGE workers (people that serve us food and clean the dining hall) harder. Even though SAGE workers are not Choate staff, they’re still a part of our community. In a sense, leaving a mess for SAGE workers is like leaving a mess for us too. I was embarrassed to be cleaning up the table in front of my peers, but I continued because it was the right thing to do. When I was done, I was happy because I knew I was making a SAGE worker’s day a little easier. The origin of my passion to help others was during my junior year. During the last weeks of junior year, I was burnt out from my rigorous academic classes and the workload that accompanied them. My girlfriend told me that if I didn’t come back to see her during the last weekend of May, she might break up with me. In order to go home earlier, I told my deans that it was my little cousin’s birthday. My parents later discovered that I had lied and notified my deans about my wrongful behavior. Dr. Jewett, one of my deans, told me that she wanted me to stay on campus to help around my dorm during the moving process, and enjoy these last few days of school. I told Dr. Jewett “I did not agree to helping out and it isn’t my job to do so. They are not my responsibility Dr. Jewett. I owe them nothing.” I was wrong. At the very least, I owed my dorm mates the support and love of a dedicated community member. There’s this Zulu word called “ubuntu.” It means “I am because we all are.” It describes our interconnectedness and how no person can operate completely independently. As human beings, we are interdependent; we all need each other. Dr. Jewett helped me realize that I have been helped in ways that I do and do not see, and that it is my responsibility to help those around me. Ironically, I still ended up helping out in my dorm. When I came back to school my senior year, I told my deans how sorry I was for lying, for being inconsiderate of my community, and for my ungrateful and cold-hearted behavior. Dr. Jewett helped me grow as a person and become a better community member. She was right. Ubuntu, or I am because we all are.

This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher taught me how innovative, impact-driven, and significant Columbia is. I know that Columbia is the place for me because my summer experience has inspired me to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and economic skills from Columbia to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community around Columbia in New York City, this change will take a generation or more; but with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Columbia’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change. This experience got me interested in Business Management at Columbia because I need to know how to manage a business to create mine. I’m interested in going to Columbia University because it’s a beacon of innovation and social change. For instance, Columbia’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise addresses social issues by teaching its students to apply business skills like management and entrepreneurship to real-world scenarios. There are so many social issues in today’s world, so I want to attend Columbia to make a positive impact on those around me. The social issues that are most important to me right now are Asian hate, global warming, Black Lives Matter, and housing insecurity. With the support and resources at Columbia’s Tamer Center like the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, I’ll be able to tackle at least one of these issues. I want to create lasting social change. Columbia’s Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program will allow me to continue creating social change during the summer. This program will allow me to use what I’ve learned in the classroom to create change with an organization, create high environmental and social value, and allow me to explore my area of interest all at the same time. Columbia will give me the chance to rise up to issues that desperately need addressing in our city and across the globe. All I want is to help other. That is my dream and I hope that you can help me achieve it.

One day this school year, I was eating in the senior section of the dining hall. One of my friends complained about how dirty the hockey kids left their table in the senior section. It was filthy. I despise when people leave their table messy because it’s extremely careless and immature; and it makes the job of Choate’s SAGE workers (people that serve us food and clean the dining hall) way harder. Even though SAGE workers are not Choate staff, they’re still a part of our community. In this inclusive sense, leaving a mess for SAGE workers is like leaving a mess for us too. I was embarrassed to be cleaning up the table in front of my peers, but I continued because it was the right thing to do. When I was done, I was happy because I knew I was making a SAGE worker’s day a little more equitable. Therefore, at Yale I would do my best to treat everyone in my community with the utmost respect, love, and compassion because a university is a big family. Family is everything to me and I unconditionally love everyone. Everyone in my family is treated with respect, equity, equality, and compassion. Cleaning up this table was meaningful to me because I have a good relationship with all of the SAGE workers. I know all of their names and say hi to them everytime I see them. I ask them about their days and how they’re doing. I treat them with respect and give them unconditional love because they’re family. As a result, I’m in their corner and have their backs. Dining hall staff support me with energy and food all the time, so I try my best in any way possible to support them. A family is supposed to build each other up, look out for each other, and set each other up for success, not failure. Wherever I go, I am going to vouch for my peers and my community no matter what. Most importantly, I won’t let anyone in my community sabotage others in the community or sabotage anyone at all. We’re a team. A team sticks together, wins together, and loses together. We are all responsible for each other. Another example of me helping my community occurred this past summer.This past summer, I took a class called Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice in Columbia’s Summer Immersion program. For the course's ending project I presented a social enterprise as the CEO of my group project. I was inspired to start a non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. My goal after eradicating hate towards Asian communities is to sever the chains of oppression wrapped around other marginalized groups in the U.S.

This past summer, I attended Columbia’s Summer Immersion Program. I earned a scholarship to enroll in a two-week immersive course focused on Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice. I never truly understood the connection between social justice and economics before this class, but each day I slowly fell in love with the idea of social justice and entrepreneurship. My amazing teacher, Ciara Ungar, instilled strong economic, entrepreneurial, and social justice skills within me that have motivated me to help those around me. Similarly, Cornell’s mission is to create leaders that are focused on the people and strive to build long-lasting, non-rivalrous prosperity using impact-focused business. Furthermore, Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management nurtures its students to find solutions for the world’s most significant societal problems by using business and economic principles. In my summer program, I presented a social enterprise as the CEO of my group project. I was inspired to start my own non-profit storytelling agency that strives to end all forms of Asian hate through creative videos and short films. I will maximize my financial and applied economics skills from Cornell to help fund this project. Starting with the Asian community in Ithaca, NY (which makes up 17.1% of Ithaca’s population), this change will take a generation or more; but, with my fire of motivation lit by Ms. Ungar and Cornell’s ferocious support, I will accomplish this positive change. In high school, I took a class in Macroeconomics and I am currently taking Microeconomics. In Macroeconomics, I learned how to use equations, laws, terms, and economical analysis to determine the state of the current economy and to predict its future. In Microeconomics, I’m learning how individual decisions from people and households impact the state of the economy and its future. I took these courses to get a good sense of economics and to empower myself with knowledge that can potentially help me empower others. At Dyson, I want to further my understanding of economics and apply it to society to find solutions for real world problems. Using the resources from Cornell and my Columbia Summer experience, I want to put my dreams of positive change into action. This scholarship will help me work towards this dream because it’ll go towards paying off my Cornell expenses. My dream has always been to help people. Therefore, I’ll dedicate myself to helping others in any way I can.