This past February, I participated in a service event through BioSci scholars that took us to a local PetSmart to help a dog shelter hold their weekly dog adoption fair. Everyone was given a dog to take care of for the day and show off to people in hopes of finding them a home. The dog that I was paired up with, Booker, was the sweetest dog ever! He just wanted to be pet the entire time. I really had a blast taking care of him for the day, as well as being surrounded by so many other dogs! Unfortunately he did not get adopted that day, but it was still an overall successful event because a few of the other dogs did, and it felt great to have contributed to that. I love animals, so this was by far my favorite service event of the year.

This scholars event was a ton of fun; it was a great way to meet other scholars and form bonds as well as spending time outdoors, navigating a corn maze, interacting with various types of farm animals, going on a hayride, and picking pumpkins.

This picture is from my high school graduation, in which I graduated with honors and was recognized by the National Honor Society, which being apart of taught me great leadership skills which I plan to continue using through one day being the leader of a club/organization here at OSU, and in my future career.