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My experience for the summer has been very impactful. I have learned a lot about what it is like to mentor someone and talk to someone younger about issues and help them to build their self-confidence and self-esteem. This has helped to shape how I view the world because I am happy to learn thereContinue reading “Finding Meaning in my Experience”

If I were to create a map of places I have been since I began my experience, I would include Tom Howard Park, Leon County Elementary School, and the FSU Department of psychology research lab. While I worked in the FSU department psychology research lab before my experience, I have not entered many of theContinue reading “My Summer Map”

I have surrounded myself with a cultural environment that revolves around helping youth through mentorship. I feel like since I have not been in an environment of child teaching I have entered a community I have not been in for a really long time. I have also not been a mentor before, so I amContinue reading “The Culture of Mentoring”

Solidarity looks like, in my community, the children getting along and bonding over sports. Even though everyone has different things going on in their personal lives, when we have our BBBS events, regardless of differences, everyone comes together and has a good time doing physical activity.

The structural inequalities I have observed in my community, are children who go to a Title 1 school. this may be because of financial issues within the child’s home life, or because the school is the closest to their home. For my capstone project, I may research the effects of going to a Title 1Continue reading “Structural Inequalities in Schools”

As I work I have developed a certain routine. Every day when I wake up, I go to my classes and then after class, I go to my volunteering research experience and then go home. On weekends is when I have my Big Brothers Big Sisters experience which is usually in the late afternoon. MyContinue reading “My Summer Routine”

As I have begun my Global Scholars experience with the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program and my additional experience volunteering with the Math Thinking and Learning Lab at FSU, while it took some adjusting I’m happy to say the transition has been easy. I am able to do these opportunities in the same townContinue reading “Starting Out…”

My name is Alana Moses I am majoring in biological sciences and I am from Land O Lakes. Over the summer I will be participating in two volunteering experiences. One of the experiences I will be participating in is a research lab in the Psychology Department of FSU that focuses on reducing math anxiety inContinue reading “Hey! I’m Alana!”