Challenge Reaction

Unfortunately, i was not able to attend the Challenge Announcement meeting due to a mandatory lab session. However, I did talk to my other fellows the day of the meeting and the informed me of the challenge. Initially, my first thoughts were, "how in the hell are we going to do this?! Finding people to donate actual vehicles!? This is crazy." But I took a deep breath, sat down, and actually gathered my thoughts about the challenge. The task is called a challenge because it is meant to be challenging. This is not supposed to be easy. It is a measure of how well we will be able to use our resources and our connections to achieve our collective goal. I know that if we work and collaborate as a team that we can be successful with this challenge. I am very excited to have our first team meeting this Sunday to discuss how we are going to obliterate this challenge! With my top strengths being Achiever, Learner, Intellection, Competition, and Strategic, I know that i basically structured to tackle this challenge. Being an achiever, I love to set goals and complete them. My intellection and strategic sides will help me assist my team in finding clever ways to secure the donors. Finally, the with competition side of my strengths personality, I will stop at nothing to make sure that my team is the one on top in the end. I thrive off competition and love a great challenge. Team #4 is going to win this one!!

My Summer 2012

During the summer of 2012, I worked for a program known as The Summer Youth College and Work Readiness Program or Summer Youth Program (SYP) for short. The program was funded out of the Office of Outreach and Engagement here at The Ohio State University. While I was in charge of mentoring 9 amazing rising juniors and seniors from various high schools around Columbus, we had a total of 66 students. Each day different speakers would present and interact with the kids on various aspects of professionalism and work readiness skills. Every Friday, we went on a field trip to fun and educational sites such as the branch campuses of OSU, the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, and even Cedar Point. The program met everyday during the work week and lasted for six weeks. I became so attached to the kids, especially the nine in my own group. I watched them grow and become more polished students and individuals. I felt like a proud parent when they gave their final presentations and graduated from the program. This experience was so amazing that I am even considering teaching as a career if i decide not to go the medical school route. I am definitely looking forward to working with the program again in the future.