My name is Alexandra Amiri, and I’m a senior majoring in corporate communications and minoring in human services. Service learning is an opportunity that allows students to participate in community service projects, enriches their learning experiences, and encourages lifelong civic engagement. While I participated in a variety of service learning projects in high school, my human services minor truly opened the door for me to work on a variety of service learning projects.
I traveled to Guatemala during January of 2008 to participate in a service-learning program, in which we collaborated with Habitat for Humanity to build two houses for two extremely grateful families. I am also an active member of Sigma Sigma Sigma through which I participate in a variety of philanthropy events to support the Robbie Page Memorial Foundation, which advocates for play therapy for hospitalized children.
I am extremely excited for the opportunity to participate in another service learning experience in South Africa this upcoming January. I was amazed by the work of the students who participated in this program in previous years, and I hope to accomplish half of what they did.