Communitario Liderazgo (Community Leadership) Teach-In
Since my freshman year in high school, I have been working as a guest lecturer for the Comunitario Liderazgo (Community Leadership) program in Honduras. Every summer, I collaborate with the Building a Better Life Foundation and the Funazucar Organization as part of their leadership teach-in program for sugarcane farming villages. Leaders from four rural villages come together each year.
During the five-day program, each village learns about leadership skills, identifies a major problem in their community, and creates plans to address it. The issues vary but typically include the lack of potable water or proper schools. The following year, we visit their communities to check on their progress. So far, I have visited over 12 villages in rural Honduras.
I lecture on my leadership experiences in Nepal and the Philippines for the adult program, and I also serve as a lecturer for the Girls' Leadership and Sexual Education Program.