Leadership and community
Outside the workshop: service work that runs on organization and showing up, a community festival, diplomacy practice, and one petition that reached people around the world.
Two-time secretary, 400+ reported volunteer hours
Interact Club of North Brunswick
Interact is the Rotary-sponsored youth service club in North Brunswick. Most of what we do is unglamorous and hands-on: collecting food, sorting it, handing it out, and running events that bring the community together.
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Emcee, competition lead, event support
North Brunswick India Day
North Brunswick India Day is a community celebration with performances on stage and plenty of kids taking part. I help run it from the front of the room and behind the scenes.
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Best Diplomat at an international conference in Bilbao
Model United Nations
Model UN is where I learned to argue a position I didn't choose, find the overlap between people who disagree, and speak to a full room without a script. It also took me to an international conference in Bilbao, where I was recognized as Best Diplomat.
Read the projectA petition signed by 1,600+ people worldwide
Save the Vaquita
The vaquita is the world's smallest porpoise, and it is close to extinction. I started a Change.org petition to the Mexican government asking for action against the illegal fishing that is killing it. More than 1,600 people from around the world signed.
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