Rosa Sanchez, Christo Rey Student Volunteer

Rosa Sanchez, a 12 grade student at Christo Rey High School on 106^th and Park, says the best part of her volunteer experience has been to “really connect” with the toddlers she works with in the Parent and  Child Development program. She also loves the feeling of being “trusted” by the mothers to take care of their children. She also mentioned how welcoming the program staff have been, and how patient and willing they have been to teach her how to interact with the families. She said this experience has helped her to overcome her shyness and “break out of her comfort zone.”

Rosa began in the fall with 3 other Christo Rey volunteers; and typically the commitment is for only one semester; however she had such a good experience that she asked to be placed for a second semester at LSA, and it was permitted.

Rosa is hoping to attend Fordham University in the fall – it was her first choice of 9 colleges she applied to (she was accepted to all nine). She wants to study forensic pathology with a minor is psychology.

She said if she decides not to pursue forensic psychology, she would like to be an early childhood teacher.

We probably can guess where she got that idea!