This last January, with help from a great friend, Jackie Palmer and my Class of 2015 Senior Reps, I launched Be the Voice. A campaign to help us all learn to love who we are, accept others and their differences and make a real impact in this world. Since then I have been cultivating a program that I would like to implement in middle and high schools to help children work through their feelings towards themselves and others. Give kids positive tools to accept their strengths and use them to help this world. While planning this program I came across so many obstacles that make us question who we are, and what we should look like and how we should act. ...
This is a subject that many hear about, and many have probably suffered from in the past(or are currently suffering). Bullying. I work with many high school students, and I see and hear stories about how the impact of bullying has on their lives. I first hand know how it is to have friends talk behind your back, people laugh at you, and make fun of how you dress, or do your hair. It's hard to sometimes feel that you life is worth it when this happens often. And these days with social media, it is hard to turn it off.I wanted to figure out a way to help make a difference. Even if it's in one young child's life. To let them know they are worth it and ...