Biographies Continued...

Maya

I am with Neighborhood House and being a youth leadership, my favorite part is that it is fun.  I am 14 years old simply.  I had pop tarts for breakfast and am not what I ate.  I am a really big deal because I took the pictures.  I wish for people not to stereotype me based on me being black and have learned not to stereotype others on whether they are black or white.  Ask me if I like Neighborhood House and I answer to that, YES!  If you want a new word to describe madness from jealousy, next time say ISHKA!

 

Maela a.k.a. Maemae

I attend HAFA and a quality of youth leadership is I get to make new friends.  I am 16 years old, but feel 18.  I just simply feel old.  I have a goal to complete my volunteer service hours for high school.  I haven’t had breakfast and I feel like what I ate, empty, on the stomach.  I’m a really big deal because I’m short.  I wish people wouldn’t stereotype me as Chinese, because I’m not and I will not use the “n” word to stereotype against others.  My memory I will take away from this experience is cleaning up the community at a cleanup.