When I was installed as the 2016 Director of Community Outreach, the director before me, Kea, gave me a ceremonial clipboard that read “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” –Mahatma Gandhi. Words have never been so important to me and reflective of my Helenes journey. I found myself in Helenes. I truly found a place where I felt like I belonged. And not where I simply “fit in”. Helenes is a community of women, all of whom are inspiration

The past two semesters I have been lucky enough to serve as Tutoring Chair for USC Helenes. As such, I am in charge of organizing the tutoring events we do at 32nd Street School, an LAUSD/USC magnet school right next to campus. For years now, on Wednesday mornings we have worked with a 3rd grade class of students, in small groups or individually, helping them with various Math or Reading Comprehension worksheets. After the student(s) finish, we play educational board games wi