Got Bounce In High School

Future Business Leaders of America is a fast organization that has taught me a lot about leadership. I have held the office as secretary for our FBLA chapter for two years, and held the position as annual reporter the previous year. Myself and two other individuals created a community service project to raise money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis; we competed at the state conference in Topeka, Kansas and received first place which qualified us to compete at the national level last summer in Atlanta, Georgia. It was an experience that I will never forget. I have also been a dedicated member of FFA for four years, I have held the position as Class vice president for three years, and I have been a member of National Honor Society for two years. National Honor Society is a service club that gives to the community and school. Service has taught me compassion and understanding. I trust that service is contagious. When people help others it can cause a chain reaction; one good deed leads to another. I enjoy helping others and realizing that I have made a positive impact on an individual’s

I also have been on the LNHS cheer team for two years and plan on staying on the team for two more years. One more leadership position is my service learning project from my AP Human Geography class that I took freshman year. It required us to locally and globally influence people. For the local influence, I volunteered at UP Orlando for 32 hours when only 8 were required and my group volunteered about 140 in total, granting us the AP with WE Direct Service Learning Award for the most hours out of every other group in the school. For the global influence, my group and I sold wristbands to neighbors and raised over $400 to send to a small village in Colombia. 22 families were given a months supply of food and many of the residents were physically or mentally

I have headed many activities such as organizing story time, craft building and showing kids how to help others. I worked with younger children to bring fun and exciting ideas to the table to help guide them during church activities. I was also given the opportunity to help children with volleyball and I was able to lead a small group of girls to better their skills and build trust with each other. I love taking part in these activities and having an impact on these kids lives, as a leader I hope to prove myself as a good mentor for those who need help or just someone to look up

I have participated in several Tech summer camps as a counselor, served as a First Year Experience Mentor for the Honors College, and worked as a Front-End Lead at Market Street. I believe each of these activities has impacted my leadership development and allowed me to practice my skills in different ways, but overall, they have allowed me to grow as a leader that attempts to create a plan of action with the well-being of the team being the top priority and taking into account individual personalities and strengths to accomplish a task. I also use a diverse set of activities to provide service to the Lubbock and Texas Tech community. This mainly includes spending time at the Lubbock Impact Free Clinic and being a volunteer counselor for Foundation Retreat, a Christian based camp for incoming freshman students. I was so fortunate to have these opportunities to serve my community and make a difference in someone else's

The President of the Student Council. The drum major of the marching band. The founder of the biggest club at school. All of these positions involve organizing, interacting with, and motivating a large amount of people and just scream “LEADERSHIP!” However, this wasn’t the right kind of leadership for me; I’m not the type to get up and speak in front of a big group of people or give grandiose motivational speeches, but I still wanted to be helpful to others nonetheless.

My first leadership opportunity was to teach a cosmetology course at my high school. I focused on teaching the girls the aspects of cosmetology that they find appealing while still getting them to learn the less exciting aspects of the course. This allowed me to create a trip to the local senior center so that the girls could learn first hand how to do certain skills and to really perfect their abilities in a controlled environment. I currently teach cosmetology 15, 25 and 35.

Some of my leadership experiences consist of being in LDS church presidents such as president, First counselor, second counselor, and secretary. I have also been a youth leader in my 4-H club, The Coltman Wranglers. A school activity I have participated in was on the Panther’s swim team in eighth grade, then junior and senior year I was on the Bonneville high school swim team. I participate in FFA through the Technical Careers High School. THis year I am our FFA chapter’s secretary. Last year I was on the Rangeland team, which is when we study plants, soils, and we have five cards to go through about the rangeland. Last year I was on the parliamentary procedure team, which is a speaking event along with a test, I also competed on the ag sales

Leadership opportunities abound not only in the work setting, but in churches, communities, and neighborhoods as well. By taking on community leadership roles, individuals give back to the community and gain valuable experience that will serve them well in the workplace. In my own experience, I led the Chantilly Youth Association Pee Wee Soccer program for three years. In this capacity, I created schedules, reserved fields and gyms, ordered uniforms, arranged for the training of officials, collected money, and created teams for over 500 young children. I had a vision for the program and helped it grow.

My personal leadership roles include former co-president of the Pep Club, active member of Amnesty International and SGA, and lead volunteer for Peer Helpers.

In my secondary school in United Kingdom, I was a member of multiple clubs and organizations that help fight against ignorance. I become a restorative justice leader, where I learned how to resolve conflicts between students and practice helping others with anger issues. In addition to that, I assumed the position of a leader in the pledge against prejudice program which gave me opportunity to hold talks in multiple primary schools using my interpersonal communication skills. These clubs and organizations also gave me a chance to show my leadership skills and develop them.

A strong example of my leadership experience is my senior season of football. Following the 2016-2017 academic year, our head coach resigned on short notice and lacked any coach to fill the position. Because he left on such short notice, we didn’t have a coach for the first two weeks of the preseason, a crucial developing point in the season. However, a small group of other seniors and I were able to schedule workouts until we got a new coach. This established our group as team leaders and allowed us to lead the team to success in the regular season. I was later named a team captain for my leadership on and off the field. This gave me the ability further lead by example as well as keep the team’s morale up in the face of adversity. I ran extra

I participated in Youth Leadership Obion County and received a great education on how to be an effective leader as well as how to correctly follow direction. I helped lead the Ridgemont Academic Bowl Team to a first place finish in the Obion County Academic Bowl Competition my freshmen year of high school and a second place finish last year. As an upperclassman

Throughout my life and especially the last four years of high school, I have always been a natural leader from being in charge of group projects to dealing with emergency situations. I am the head of fundraising for our school's state-winning robotics team, and I am the Vice President of our model United

I took a sociology class at Tacoma Community College that assigned group projects to help fulfill the course essay requirement. My group decided to organize a clothing drive for a local organization now known as Courage360, which provides training and resources for adults to find jobs, housing, and business-appropriate clothing for interviews. During the short couple of weeks, our group managed to collect over 100 articles of interview-worthy clothing: shirts for men and women, pants, skirts, and even some accessories! I was proud of our school and proud of our group for contributing to our local community. This success encouraged me to seek out other opportunities for leadership. Sadly, nothing came to fruition until a year later.

I have had leadership positions starting with club executive roles in high school and with the Nutrition Society here at Johnson & Wales. I am an alumni of several leadership seminars such as the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar and Sunflower Girls State. The latter is a program that focuses on teaching young adults how the government functions and includes valuable lessons of how to represent the will of others when you are in a leadership position.