December 2021
December: 14.5 hours Fall Cumulative: 14.5 hours With our final exam this past Tuesday, an eventful semester comes to a close. It only took me until December to finish up my community service hours, but I was able to volunteer with some amazing organizations in Second Harvest Food Bank, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, and the Salvation Army. While all three were really meaningful experiences (with plenty of hard work), they were not what I had been expecting to work with at the start of the year. That being said, they gave me a new understanding of the systemic issues that I could best serve within the community. Ultimately, my work at the Giving Hope Food Bank (partnering with Second Harvest) gave me some insight into the needs of the Spanish-speaking community here in New Orleans, and only reinforced my desire to pursue ESL and interpreting opportunities. I have always considered communication barriers to be one of the hardest obstacles to overcome for immigrants or r