My Nonprofit Reviews

This review has been a long time coming. AWFH isn't just a non-profit that empowers, advocates, and builds community. AWFH is a place that enriches and nurtures. While working at AWFH, I have learned many transferable skills. This organization takes the time and effort to package messages in relatable and culturally competent handfuls and it shows.

A large portion of my time was dedicated to the Women's Health Survey where we ask questions about preventative measures (vaccines and screenings). While educating people on HPV vaccines/pap smears/mammograms, I remember framing information to make it personal. It's a very fulfilling moment when someone tells me that they are going to make sure to ask their doctor for the vaccine/ screenings. Far too often, people of color and immigrants slip through the cracks in health care nets. I'm glad to have been part of a safety net looking out for them.

In this organization, I was given enough leeway to pursue my own goals and pushed to enlarge my comfort zone. I love resource collecting and sharing and I was able to bring this into my work. I was given the greenlight to add a resources page for COVID resources and anti-racism resources with a coworker. And afterwards, I was encouraged to help with the PSA. It was a period of much learning and growth. And as much as the organization was amazing, the people involved were too.

A big thank you to Chien Chi for taking me on, Audrey who was there to help me bumble through Flipcause the first few times, Marilyn for her kind words, Neha and Amy for their peer support and the conversations I've enjoyed, and Celina who worked with me through the busiest times of my life.

*I'm putting Advisor as my role but I was the Program Coordinator*

The Youth Science Center helps instill the passion for learning and promotes logic and reason in application to everyday life as well as some of the more unique circumstances they may encounter. From helping children with geology to woodworks to electronics classes, they offer a variety of different courses that are fun yet educational. I volunteered at the woodworks class and they stressed safety above all else; while the teachers are pretty lenient, they still mantain a picture perfect model of a classroom. While students try to expand their creative horizons by constucting works of art, they use their problem solving in order to overcome obstacles or using their skills in core subjects such as math to calculate how large an object will be, or how much wood to cut off to make an item. The only critism I can give is that the classes were a bit short, but that was probably due to the fact that I volunteered during the summer time, when most families go vacationing.

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