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“Hola tío, que majo eres!” Since arriving in Madrid in January for my study abroad program, this was one of the first phases that left me confused when I began my time at the Colectivo LGBT+ de Madrid (COGAM: LGBT+ Collective of Madrid). I had to ask the volunteer who said it, “what does ‘majo’ […]
This year I’ve learned a lot about service. In high school, I earned the Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award for completing over 350 hours of service within a year. That same year I was kicked out of my school’s National Honor Society for missing a meeting. I knew back then that the way organizations like […]
My Community Service Project (CSP) for the 2013-2014 school year involved taking a group of students from North Carolina State University to San Francisco, California in order to help the homeless and work with local LGBTQ youth. The goal of the project was to engage the students so they would be inspired to continue to help […]