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NewMinds Developing the minds of underserved students WHAT WE WANT TO SOLVE The main problem I am looking to solve with my organization is inequity in educational resources for underserved low-income students. First generation low income students like myself, often find themselves lost when it comes to things related to college such as the FAFSA or the importance of the PSAT/SAT for college admissions. Even when these resources are given to them, they are often far too late in their high school career to be of use to them. In my case, I was unaware of the benefits of scoring well on the PSAT until after I had taken my two attempts. WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE? I want to create learning centers within each school district of Los Angeles. These centers would be free of charge and catered to 1st years in high school so that we can help them as soon as possible. There are three main points to these learning centers that I believe differentiate us from other resources out there: 1. Ease of Access...

 World We Dare to Imagine I think that something I would want to follow through on in the future post is giving back to my community. I want to start with my community because it was what brought me to where I am now. I want to continue to foster an environment that encourages kids that grew up in my area to pursue higher education. I had so many resources given to me by the kindness of others and I hope to do something like that in the future. I have no clear plans but I know I want to have an impact. For me to take my first step towards this I have to focus on myself and get into a position where I can provide some value to my community. Furthermore, I want to find others like me from my community that would join me in my mission to help others. I have much more to figure out in my plans to make this come true, however I know I will make it happen at some point in my future.

Life So this weekend I went home to celebrate my Mom's Birthday. We had a great time this weekend and made the most of it. Then when I got home, I started realizing that my life was moving quicker than I thought. I had just remembered my Mom's previous birthday and thought it had just happened like three months ago. Then I looked at my calendar and noticed I'm graduating in one month and I have no idea what my plans are. It hit me like a truck, All the experiences I've had these last 4 years from Zoom to now, it's coming to an end.  Anyways, I need to start doing some planning for my future before I'm actually done with college. I currently feel as if I am very busy, yet I'm not gaining much from what I'm doing. I want to find a job and something that makes me want to be more proactive. On a better note, I have two exciting weekends to look forward to one being a retreat with one of my club's and the other is a visit to my friends at UC Davis. I'...