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I am a graduating (December) kinesiology major at the University of Maryland. Though my major may seem completely unrelated to politics and legislation, the kinesiology curriculum is set up to engage each student in multiple social and political discussions. This, along with my interest in politics and legislation as led me to the path of becoming an Administrative support/Secretary for the Department of Legislative Services. Over the past 3 years, I have become very interested and passionate about topics pertaining to politics and legislation. I want to one day make a difference in my community through these means. I see this as the first steps toward accomplishing the goals that I have set forth for myself. I cannot sit idle and turn a blind

1) As a Roncalli student, I have been able to participate in many memorable service activities both as an individual and in a large group. From freshman year, I have accumulated the most service during the summer time when I have had the opportunity to be involved coaching youth teams in different sports. This service is the most special to me because it is a way for me to volunteer in activities that I myself love and have a passion for. It has taught me a lot, and I think I have gotten as much out of it as the girls I coach have. Another notable service is the service I was able to participate in with my classmates as a volunteer at Journey Home. This service really opened my eyes to the issues people and families face here in Aberdeen. I was happy that I was able to experience and learn something new while helping a cause and helping people in my own community that I otherwise would have never known about. This year, I was also able to volunteer to be a group leader at a Roncalli Junior High Retreat. When I was younger I always knew it was something I wanted to experience and I loved being there. It was great to meet the younger kids and help them along throughout the day while they experienced a retreat for the first time. I hope to continue these service activities as I get older and move out of my time in high school wherever I end up.

As a senior, I decided to take leadership into my own hands. Starting in the summer of 2015, I began collecting donations for the third trip to D.C. This campaign will eventually turn into my Senior Project, and I do it with pride. I find it challenging to achieve the right balance for everything in my life: school, work, friends, sports, rest, and whatever else joins in the mix. But when I have a passion for something, I always strive to make it work. And I have a passion to give back to those Americans who gave so much.

I was able to become a student senator and contribute to the Washburn Student Government Association. I was placed in an internship in the Kansas House Minority Leaders office for 8 months, helping with constituent service and developing a community mentorship program with legislators from both parties. I participated in four Washburn Transformational Experience programs which allowed me to study culture and economics in Japan and Korea, Politics in the United Kingdom, and follow presidential candidates in Iowa. I volunteered on a student voter registration drive led by the Kansas League of Women Voters. All while maintaining a 3.7 GPA in Washburn’s rigorous political science

To begin as far as political experience goes, I have done my best to partake in nearly every aspect of the political process. This journey began with involvement in State politics as I interned for Greg Abbott campaign during his 2014 bid for the Texas Governorship. In this role, I learned the art of canvassing, and phone banking as I always exceeded the minimum contact quota for the week.

As I prepare to enter the next stage of my life, I look forward to furthering my passion for politics and government, with the ultimate goal of preparing to run for public office one day. To continue to build off of what I cannot think of a better way to continue the journey I started back in 2008 at the

Serving as further motivation, I continued pursuing this desire by trying to understand everything I could about the realm of politics and government. I interned for Nancy Pelosi to get started and to learn more about the impact of politicians on the community. Despite the negative notions surrounding them, I learned that they give people hope and a way to reach ears in Washington, D.C. Constituents constantly wrote, emailed, and called in, fighting to be heard and to petition change. It was up to the politicians themselves to make a difference, but the

About me: Growing up in Miami Beach, Florida, I’ve had a different perspective on demographic issues, the political process, and local politics than most. Currently, I am a junior at Miami Beach Senior High School where I am an avid participant in the National Speech and Debate Association, my school’s Student Government Association (SGA), and United States Grant Committee. Something different about me is that earlier this year I started a political action committee (PAC) called Teens for Teens. As the youngest director of a PAC in the country, I have definitely had some interesting experiences that other 16 year old students don't experience too often.

In five years I hope to be graduating college and transitioning straight into the workforce. Growing up in a family company allowed me to learn about how the business operates at an early age. Due to this fact I would like to major in business management and finance. Being raised in a small town can have its benefits but it can also have its restrictions. There isn’t much room to experience new adventures, but it is a place that you can always come back to. My week long experience at Hoosier Girls State 2016 left me to ponder the major, applied politics. The time spent there had my mind reeling on all the ways I could make a difference in our area through a political standpoint.

I decide to strive toward the political science field. One of my first career goals is to receive a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Having a bachelor’s degree, I will emphasis in being a Legislative Field Representative and assists a government member with helping constituents with any issue involving city services and quality of life. I Also plan to pursue a master’s degree in Public Policy that will further my career, possibly be a diplomat in residence, providing guidance and advice on careers, and fellowships to students and professionals in the communities they serve.

The most significant impact I have made in public service/policy has been working with Inspire Arizona. Inspire Arizona is a nonpartisan non-profit program that focuses on registering newly eligible voters, specifically high school juniors, and seniors. The organization is trying to increase voter registration among young people and making sure students build a habit of voting very early in their young life. This summer I had the experience of participating in a political campaign. I canvassed for Athena Salman who is running for House in the Arizona Legislature in District 26. This is my first real world experience in public service

I started by running for sophomore class secretary at the end of freshman year, which, due to my inexperience or lack of popularity or subpar campaign poster-making skills, didn’t work out. However, I was not deterred, since the next year I ran for secretary of Math League (and won!) and tried my hand in tutoring geometry and biology. Sophomore year was also the year

Working on political campaigns taught me very quickly that not all work in politics is glamorous. Some days I spent working with the candidate directly, and many others I spent working with the whole office staff to put together and mail out hundreds of letters, or contacting hundreds of voters via phone or canvass. As campaign staff, I was responsible for being present for numerous phone and live meetings, voter turnout, volunteer recruitment, contacting fundraisers, setting up events and much

I am a patriot who has served my time honorably defending the freedoms of our great nation. Now that my military service on active duty has concluded, I now serve in a different way as a community servant. I believe I owe everything to the community that has served me. I put in as much time as I have into youth groups, and anything involving veteran groups. When my college career is over and begin my career as a lawyer, I hope to help people in a bigger way. A career in politics is something that I have great interest in, to become a servant to the people and pave the way for the younger generation to come in and

In the previous paper that I handed in I stated that children have the biggest aspirations because they want to become fashion designers, pop stars, and astronauts. I was one of those children, always changing my future profession to the next big thing. I wanted to be a fashion designer, a chef, a doctor, a teacher, an artist, etc. Then for a while I decided I 'd be some world renowned author. I was determined and persistent and I wouldn’t let anyone tell me otherwise. I wrote and rewrote stories, rather fragments of stories. But then people started to tell me that there was no money in majoring in English, that being an author wasn 't a career. One man even went as far as to say that fictional works come from the devil. Waking up from that dream, I realized I had no plans for reality. Senior year of high school I took a course titled, "Law and society". I was amazed at how much I liked and was good in the class. So I decided that my new career oriented aspiration would be corporate law.