I wrote an essay at the beginning of senior year which I am submitting as my description due to the fact that it describes my efforts and ambitions quite well. As I Peer Down “This happens all the time; it’s no big deal, Amani. Just ignore them. If you look the other way, they’ll leave us alone.” I glanced down from the chairlift to the children underneath me in the snow. Barely being able to fathom what my uncle had just told me, I just sat there.

We established a club at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland called Youth End Poverty (Yep) dealing with raising money to the help the needy in Africa. We are working to create opportunities for the children’s and adults that are living in absolute poverty by saving healthy and fulfilling lives. Our mission is to end extreme poverty worldwide by helping people living on less than a dollar a day to take the first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build better quality of life.