endlessly supportive of all of my endeavors, and who supply me with the resources and encouragement to keep growing. Being able to accept help is an essential step in the process of bettering yourself. This is why I encourage younger students who wish to follow an ambitious pathway to first take a look around them, and examine their relationships, making sure they have a strong network of friends and family to help them along their way. In the Summer of 2025 I participated in a summer abroad program with CIEE, an organization for youth study abroad. I said goodbye to my parents and moved in with a family in Paris for four weeks. It’s difficult to summarize all of the things I learned from being tossed into the Parisian city-scape, with a family who spoke no English, and only the confusing winding metro maps in front of me. But I think perhaps what I can credit my Parisian adventure for the most, is how it flooded me with a sense of independence. I learned that true resilience means finding a crumb of comfort in a sea of the uncomfortable. I got lost, confused, sad, lonely, and had to pick myself up again and again, and find ways to bend with the emotion and create solutions for myself. Upon returning home, I felt like a new person. I discovered that all the responsibility and adaptability I learned in Paris was just as applicable to my life back at home. I can’t wait to take on a Junior Writer position at Greet Kirkland! I’m incredibly grateful to my Kirkland community which gives me the resources to make all of my ambitions possible. I’m excited to explore within my writing, the inner workings of a community that has wholly shaped me! BELLEVUE, WA 13218 NE 20th, Suite 300 425-643-8098 Greet Kirkland 19
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