I am someone who rises to challenges. When I was born, I was three months premature, and everyone was unsure if I was going to live, but I pulled through and survived. Thinking back on it, that was a big part of what made me who I am. I always want to try something new, rise to the occasion, and help others. I do that by volunteering to assist those in need. I have helped at nonprofit organizations like the 211 Helpline Center and Feeding South Dakota, the Union Gospel Mission, and The Volunteers of America. I helped with a variety of tasks at each organization, but what I learned I liked doing most was working in media when I volunteered at The Union Gospel Mission; I worked with their marketing director, and most of our daily tasks consisted of creating posts for Facebook and Instagram and billboards about upcoming events and what the mission needed for donations. The best part about working there is that they showed they trusted me by letting me work on my own and that it would be finished on time; it also helped that the people I worked with treated it like a mentorship and taught me some skills that related to working in social media which was very helpful to me. I was able to learn a great deal. Volunteering has helped me grow, and it is great knowing that my work was used to support others in need. It made me feel good, so I returned as much as possible to help.