This past week has been filled with exciting memories, fun adventures, experiences, and learning and growing more as a Life Course Scholar. Our Love/Care/Connect Event at the West Center was amazing. I had so much fun helping our seniors pot plants and watching them participate in the other activities my classmates set up. We managed to give every pot away with a plant and gave many Valentine’s Day stickers out as well. Some of my favorite moments to watch included our seniors at the photo booth. It brought a smile on my face watching the seniors dress up in crowns and boas while posing for a picture. Another exciting moment was the raffle. A couple of my classmates and I were helping seniors look at their raffle tickets to see if they won. A special moment was when a senior we were helping won the raffle, then he gave us each a teabag. I don’t plan on drinking it anytime soon because it has now become a special memorabilia for me. I had a great time on our class outing via the trolley to Barrio Logan for our age-friendliness assessment. It was my first time on the Blue Line, so it was very exciting to experience it with my peers. It was really nice to continue getting to know my fellow life course scholars and get to experience these moments with them. During my group’s walk around Barrio Logan, we noticed just how age-friendly Barrio Logan really was. We noticed that there was not enough sidewalk space, not enough time to walk the crosswalks, and a lack of available health and dental care. We did notice that art was a very essential part of the culture surrounding Barrio Logan and that the community’s activism really shines through Chicano Park. As always I am excited to continue learning and growing, and I look forward to the next couple of weeks left.
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Adriana De La TorreAdriana De La Torre has a double major in Dance and Human Development with a specialization in Archives
March 2022
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