Invitation To Give Presentation of My Project at Austin Regional Clinic at Medical Park Tower- OB/GYN Office

On May 12, 2014 I was invited by Mrs. Harrison from Austin Regional Clinic to share my project with the OB/GYN doctors.

I truly appreciate the opportunity to share my project at the Austin Regional Clinic at Medical Park Tower- OB/GYN Office. It is nice to know that through my words others can be inspired to take action and help. Whenever I present my project, I draw inspiration by imagining the girls that will be benefited from my efforts, standing behind me. The more people that are informed of their needs, the more girls will stand behind me. They may not know who assisted in changing their lives in a positive way, yet will know that someone cared enough to help; that they are not alone.

Mrs. Harrison Introducing Me to The Doctors

I Am Delivering My Presentation

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Madre María – Centro de Formación para Madres Adolescentes: Donating a Sewing Machine

After my worshops across Beni, I returned to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia for a second workshop at "Madre María" – Centro de Formación para Madres Adolescentes (Center for Homeless Teen Mothers). At the previous workshop, I encountered the need to donate a sewing machine for this center, so that the girls may continue making washable pads for the center and other rural communities in need within Santa Cruz. With Hermana (Sister) Cristina donating the sewing machine for the center. At this workshop, there was a nun from the Hogar San Lorenzo Orfanato ( Orphanage) in Santa Cruz. She humbly requested a sewing machine for her orphanage.

My Service Experience

From the corner of my eye, I notice a baby rattle and a pile of small rubber toy animals that invoke in me a sense of helplessness; I don’t quite know how I’m supposed to feel. What do you do when you are in a room with homeless young girls that are current and expectant mothers as a result of abuse? Girls that are younger than you, that deserve so much more and should be able to act like the eleven-to-sixteen-year-olds that they are. With such heavy thoughts in the back of my mind, I welcome the girls and prepare to give my regular speech, thoughtfully written words that I had just hours before said to distant communities in rural Bolivia. I feel it gnawing at me and find that those same words don’t fit. I set my cue cards down and look the girls in the eyes. Looking back at me is a sea of eager eyes, some with a hint of hesitation but willingness to hear what I have to say. I explain how I came to Bolivia to teach girls how to make washable menstrual pads to stay in school. Throug...

La Universidad Autónoma del Beni "José Ballivián" (U.A.B.) – Carrera de Pedagogía

After driving back from Comunidad Villa Cruz – which is a rural village that is an hour away from the closest city: Trinidad – I held this workshop for university students. They are studying Pedagogy – the method and practice of teaching – and using my project to write their graduating thesis. Several boys and girls from Los Lideres (The Leaders) came to this workshop as well; they are students from Liceo "Mario Saielli" High School . Getting off the van after the workshop at Communidad Villa Cruz and immediately heading to SEDUCA for the next workshop with university students.

The Butterfly Effect

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