Week 1: Weekly blog

I was not expecting to learn as much as I did this week. Although I learned a lot by helping out in the classrooms, I learned the most while working on the second part of my project. That part being MOSAIC, as well as the work with FGM. While I was at Foote (2004-2014) I was part of the diversity group, however once I got to highschool  I kind of stopped being involved in those kinds of things. However, this past week, meeting with the MOSAIC coordinators, and doing research I am really excited to be involved in this kind of thing again. Going in to this project I was not really sure what to expect, of course I had a general understanding of what I would be doing, but a lot of it was still being discussed and my mentor continued to change her ideas on what she would like to have me work on. The things in the classrooms where for the most part what I expected, however the work with MOSAIC and FGM has been totally different from anything that I expected. At first, the idea was for me to run their social media and sit in on meetings, however I am so much more involved and I think it is so amazing and interesting. I have learned so much in this past week, that I probably would have never learned if it weren’t for this experience. I have had so many more meaningful conversations, and the other night I was able to inform my brother and mom about FGM. This week was overall a success, and I am really excited for next week.

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