1 00:00:04.975 --> 00:00:08.315 My family's always taught me that like, 2 00:00:08.365 --> 00:00:11.155 civic engagement is important. 3 00:00:11.455 --> 00:00:16.155 And so tying into the McCarthy Center's like values 4 00:00:16.255 --> 00:00:18.195 of public service really resonated with me. 5 00:00:18.515 --> 00:00:20.195 I came in here as a computer science major, 6 00:00:20.325 --> 00:00:23.315 super interested in like astrophysics and stem, 7 00:00:23.315 --> 00:00:26.475 and I guess I just wanted to get exposed 8 00:00:26.495 --> 00:00:28.075 to more, learn more things 9 00:00:28.415 --> 00:00:30.515 and just having the opportunity to build camaraderie 10 00:00:30.625 --> 00:00:33.555 with people who cared about the same things that I do, 11 00:00:33.775 --> 00:00:36.435 who wanna help the community that lit a fire. 12 00:00:37.665 --> 00:00:40.675 What had led me to the McCarthy Center was their 13 00:00:40.825 --> 00:00:44.515 initiatives that they take for community service learning. 14 00:00:45.475 --> 00:00:46.835 I really resonated with that. 15 00:00:47.295 --> 00:00:49.795 As someone who really cares about education. 16 00:00:50.555 --> 00:00:52.435 I think that my biggest takeaway from all 17 00:00:52.435 --> 00:00:54.035 of the McCarthy Center programs that I've gotten 18 00:00:54.035 --> 00:00:57.675 to engage in is that young people really do have a voice, 19 00:00:57.975 --> 00:01:01.315 and the McCarthy Center is a really great way to express 20 00:01:01.315 --> 00:01:03.355 that voice and you can change the culture 21 00:01:03.455 --> 00:01:06.275 and you can change policy with your voice 22 00:01:06.275 --> 00:01:09.555 and with your vote, and with continuing to express 23 00:01:09.555 --> 00:01:11.075 what you believe the world could be like. 24 00:01:11.455 --> 00:01:12.755 So as an equity intern, 25 00:01:13.095 --> 00:01:15.155 we are facilitators in the classroom 26 00:01:15.895 --> 00:01:20.875 and also like helped out staff with students. 27 00:01:21.855 --> 00:01:24.755 My biggest takeaway from the Engage Literacy tutoring 28 00:01:24.755 --> 00:01:27.555 program has had to be the relationships 29 00:01:27.555 --> 00:01:30.835 that I'm actually able to create, not just with the kids, 30 00:01:30.935 --> 00:01:32.635 but also with the community. 31 00:01:33.405 --> 00:01:37.195 While I worked as an equity intern, I spent a lot of time 32 00:01:37.385 --> 00:01:40.395 with the black and Latino Fillmore community at Rosa 33 00:01:40.405 --> 00:01:41.435 Parks Elementary School. 34 00:01:42.215 --> 00:01:45.235 My biggest takeaway is my work with an equity intern. 35 00:01:45.635 --> 00:01:49.715 I mean, I say really just reinforce what I always knew, 36 00:01:49.715 --> 00:01:53.555 which is that if you give people the opportunity to 37 00:01:53.735 --> 00:01:57.115 and you take time and you speak to them in ways 38 00:01:57.115 --> 00:02:00.195 that they can receive, then they can succeed. 39 00:02:00.815 --> 00:02:04.275 My biggest career aspiration, at least as of now, is 40 00:02:04.275 --> 00:02:08.355 to become a judge one day working with people every day, um, 41 00:02:08.355 --> 00:02:10.755 in the community, taking their views 42 00:02:11.015 --> 00:02:14.635 and their passions, their needs, to reflect that in 43 00:02:15.025 --> 00:02:17.875 some of the policies I hope to bring out one day 44 00:02:18.015 --> 00:02:21.075 or when I talk to people and communicate with. 45 00:02:21.465 --> 00:02:25.515 For me, really is just applying these skills to 46 00:02:26.335 --> 00:02:29.955 larger, systematic things that I go on to tackle. 47 00:02:30.555 --> 00:02:32.715 A lot of what I've been doing is like grassroots 48 00:02:32.855 --> 00:02:35.475 and advocacy through Community Empowerment Activists 49 00:02:35.535 --> 00:02:36.995 and Equity Interns 50 00:02:37.095 --> 00:02:38.715 and, you know, change starts at the bottom 51 00:02:38.775 --> 00:02:39.795 and moves up to the top, 52 00:02:40.015 --> 00:02:43.835 so I think it's hue of people like me who have worked, uh, 53 00:02:44.055 --> 00:02:47.315 at these grassroots level to apply this knowledge 54 00:02:47.495 --> 00:02:50.115 to everything we do, whether it be through legislation 55 00:02:50.335 --> 00:02:53.715 or litigation or law, or all of that. 56 00:02:53.935 --> 00:02:54.955 So that, that's 57 00:02:54.955 --> 00:02:56.915 what I plan on taking forward into my future. 58 00:02:57.315 --> 00:02:59.115 I already have a lot of confidence 59 00:02:59.205 --> 00:03:01.245 and a lot of real world skills 60 00:03:01.315 --> 00:03:02.845 that I've learned in the workplace 61 00:03:02.845 --> 00:03:04.845 through McCarthy Center programs 62 00:03:05.275 --> 00:03:07.245 that I think are gonna allow me 63 00:03:07.245 --> 00:03:09.405 to really easily fit into the workplace 64 00:03:09.425 --> 00:03:12.405 and start to make an impact on the policy level 65 00:03:12.675 --> 00:03:13.885 that I've always dreamed of. 66 00:03:14.665 --> 00:03:16.765 I'm most thankful for the opportunity to be a part 67 00:03:16.765 --> 00:03:19.965 of the Leo t McCarthy Center's legacy, as well 68 00:03:19.965 --> 00:03:22.685 as the initiatives being made through our financial literacy 69 00:03:22.785 --> 00:03:24.605 and engaged San Francisco programs 70 00:03:24.605 --> 00:03:25.605 Here. Thank you for this 71 00:03:25.605 --> 00:03:26.445 great opportunity. 72 00:03:26.815 --> 00:03:27.965 Thank you for everything. 73 00:03:28.735 --> 00:03:30.605 Thank you to everybody at the McCarthy Center 74 00:03:30.605 --> 00:03:32.605 and everyone who makes the McCarthy Center possible.