The lesson I’ve taken from my upbringing is that an act of service expands both your character and potential. That is why I’ve spent the better part of my time in high school volunteering and participating in activities that would help me to step out of my comfort zone. My community service experience includes an annual clean-up event at my local park, tutoring underclassmen, and being an intern explainer for the Children’s Everett Garden located in the New York Botanical Garden. These experiences have allowed me to value the environment and how well I take care of it for future generations. Working at the Children’s Everett Garden I’ve managed to see and bring joy to little children from quizzically answering their questions to giving them tasks that expand their imagination of what our natural resources can be used for. As far as extracurricular activities I participate in debate club, student ambassadors, book club, social media club, track (indoor and outdoor), virtual bible study run by my local church, a financial literacy program called Fast Track, National Honor Society, and Sunday school as a part-time teacher. In the past, I have served as an English speaker for a foreign exchange program called Global Talk Network which allows high school seniors to discuss American culture and language with high school girls in Vietnam. From the program, I got to learn about Vietnamese culture as far as the girl’s uniforms, fun activities, assignments/testing, school environment, and beliefs/values.

Title: Come By Sometime I sit on the porch day and night waiting for you to come Run if you can before the streetlights come on But instead, I am left with a solo conversation and a pint of hope Maybe a bar of soap You know what I cannot stand, is to see you on the other side of the street trying to explain yourself Extend yourself until you are no more I see your crown is crooked Daughter of a king but you better left unseen Your form says you look like a shack that's been ran through But I know that this is not you You look tiresome, nervous, unsettled in spirit Your friends I see are fond of you but I know they will not help you They looking for the next train to abandon you That's all the things I have seen from my open porch It's always open for you to come by sometime But you always say today's not that time Feeling rejected and dumbfounded because you say I'm doing what's best for me Your best will always be least without me I know you will come to find me sometime Today's just not that time Instead, you are running for a little boy's attention Distraction is all I see Love is a word, not an action verb your vocabulary Isn't he like the rest? Tell me when you done with all these soul ties Because your soul still belongs with me I wish you would see that I'm here to stir you wrong Be a voice of reason, a beacon of light because you seem lost in these streets One day it hits you that you have nowhere else to be So that's when you cross the street sit by me wrap your arms around me And say today's just that time