About

As Elizabeth Andrew said, “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” That heart brings me true happiness every time I get out of my busy doctoral school work to find joy through volunteering. As a Ph.D. student in Educational Leadership, my interest is: how do we use education to improve lives—the well-being of the people in rural and marginalized communities? This might involve going against the status quo; I am happy doing that. My biggest aspiration is becoming a community organizer and applying theory to practice solutions to effect asset-based sustainable community development through authentic... [more]

GivePulse Stats

Groups

  • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Student Services

  • Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful

  • iLeadNevada

  • ASUN / Center for Student Engagement

  • Impacts

    Martin Luther King Day of Service

    "Life's Most Persistent and Urgent Question Is: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS?” (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.).

    Gave 5.00 hours on 01/15/2018 with iLeadNevada, The 100-Hour Challenge
    Christmas Tree Recycling @ Rancho San Rafael

    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better (Albert Einstein)

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/07/2018 with iLeadNevada, The 100-Hour Challenge, University of Nevada, Reno
    Christmas Tree Recycling @ Rancho San Rafael

    A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/06/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, The 100-Hour Challenge, University of Nevada, Reno
    Christmas Tree Recycling @ Rancho San Rafael

    Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest (James Lovelock).The future will either be green or not at all (Bob Brown).

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/05/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, The 100-Hour Challenge, University of Nevada, Reno
    Christmas Tree Recycling @ Rancho San Rafael

    What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? (Henry David Thoreau, Familiar Letters)

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/04/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, The 100-Hour Challenge, University of Nevada, Reno
    The 100-Hour Challenge

    If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment (Carlos Santana)

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/03/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, University of Nevada, Reno
    The 100-Hour Challenge

    What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another (Mahatma Gandhi)

    Gave 4.00 hours on 01/02/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, University of Nevada, Reno
    The 100-Hour Challenge

    Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans (Evo Morales).

    Gave 6.00 hours on 01/01/2018 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, University of Nevada, Reno
    The 100-Hour Challenge

    Volunteering is the best thing I get to do whenever is possible.

    Gave 4.00 hours on 12/31/2017 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, University of Nevada, Reno
    The 100-Hour Challenge

    "We won't have a society if we destroy the environment" (Margaret Mead).

    Gave 4.00 hours on 12/30/2017 with ASUN / Center for Student Engagement, iLeadNevada, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, University of Nevada, Reno