Today, on January 31, 2021, I had the opportunity to come together with Professor Lewis, Professor Bussell, and students from the LCS and Homelessness classes in person to put together some Valentines goodie bags for hundreds of the homeless and senior communities around San Diego. It’s crazy how much a solid group can do if we come together with a common passion and goal to do something remarkable! While I was rolling letters into scrolls and tying ribbons, I kept thinking about how what we were making is about to brighten the day of so many people all over San Diego . After finishing the last bag and placing them in boxes ready to be delivered, I realized that it only took a little less than two hours. This was surprising with how many bags we put together, but it was amazing to see how much we had accomplished in this amount of time! It was also really nice to be able to be surrounded by my peers in person for the first time since last March of 2020. Being able to talk to other students in my class and my professors face-to-face was a nice change of scenery from only talking to them through a screen. Going back to the Valentine’s goodies, I can’t wait for the hundreds of people to receive their goody bag and enjoy it!!
I feel very enthusiastic about being a part of the Life Course Scholars program! Although it's online, it's a nice feeling to connect and learn with my peers in a smaller environment! Listening to Dr. Banesh about the process and experience of writing a memoir about an extraordinary person made me feel more excited to go through the experience. I learned ways in which I could prepare and execute the memoir, such as ways that I could make it more fun and engaging for my extraordinary person. After Dr. Banesh’s lecture, I’m more knowledgeable of how I can ask questions, the types of questions, and how to respond to my EP after they share. Dr. Banesh also mentioned the distribution of the projects and how creative and personal we could make it, and this inspired me to incorporate music elements in the final project. I’m excited to make it look like a music sheet booklet/play program! Overall, I feel inspired and excited to get to know my extraordinary person in a deeper level, as well as what I’m going to learn throughout the process.
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Ma Kiela OrtineroMa Kiela is a Global Health and Urban Studies & Planning double major from Corona, CA. A fun fact about her is that she has lived in 8 different cities (in 2 different continents) in the past 20 years! Archives
April 2021
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