Stephany, 17 years old, 12th Grade, Originally from the DR, International High School of Prospect Heights

Stephany is afraid of 2 things: heights and ageing! She loves working with other people and learning from everyone. Since a really young age, Stephany, a native of the DR, used to take clothes to very rural and poor communities and describes this now as “an amazing experience to see them so excited about it”. She is interested in working in media or television in her future, in order to address and educate herself and others around issues of global warming, poverty, women’s education and freedom of speech. She has a passion for change, to make a change and is always really excited about new challenges.

Stephany looks forward to “helping my own community in the DR and then in Brooklyn”. She is a very artistic, active and passionate young woman, notably in her sports varsity teams, softball and soccer, debate, student government and drama club. Stephany sees potential as “being able to do something because you want it and therefore because you want it so bad you’ll have the potential, the passion to do something”.

The reason why Stephany chose to be a GP participant is “because they saw potential in me and noticed how much I really wanted to this. I personally am getting so many things out of this program already, it is already making it a responsibility for me to be here in addition to school and my job. It is like a training. I am also going to get a lot of experience helping people, which is something that really fulfills me. This is truly a life experience that will get a lot from and is going to last forever”