Personal Essay: My Leadership Experience

I have been a part of many clubs and organizations where I have had the opportunities to lead a team or be a helping hand. I have had many leadership experiences and they are all great, however, there is one leadership role that makes me very proud of myself and I am a part of it everyday. Despite the fact that I am the youngest child in my family, I have always been my mother’s right hand. Coming from a refugee camp to a country seemed like worlds apart in terms of economics or through opportunities. We as family encountered many barriers that separated us from the American culture; barriers such as language, skills for working in various workplaces, and the customs of living itself. However, this did not stop my family from getting involved in any opportunity that could help us get to know the country and the people around us.

As the youngest child in the family with two older siblings, I was in the house more
This involvement has helped me become stronger and has strengthened my leadership skills. I have worked as the chapter historian of Health Occupational Students of America (HOSA). I helped the club by taking pictures of events that took place through my photography skills and helped organize events with other chapter officers, but coming into my senior year they decided to discontinue HOSA. I am the treasurer of the Interact club, a community service based club that helps our community through various service projects such as ringing bells for the Salvation Army and helping out in the Soup Kitchen to feed the homeless. I am also a member of the National Technical Honor Society and the National Honor Society. We as a NHS committee are working on building our first ever library. I act as a peer mediator to my friends. I have had friends ask me for help in classes or personal things that could be bothering