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Student Profile: Benzawit Mengstu

Bezawit has always wanted to do something to impact her community in KC and her home country of Ethiopia, but never knew where to start… until she found Startland. For her SCI, she focused on immigration because as an immigrant herself, she wanted to help people feel welcome and thrive in a new place. Bezawit said that her 8-week SCI experience was empowering, supportive, and a big confidence builder: “You’re never too young to be able to make an impact and create change. I feel like over the years I’ve been limiting myself a lot because of my age or background. But since the internship, I feel like I have the groundwork if I ever want to work for a non-profit and just feel like I have a purpose in this world.”

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Student Profile: Djenabou Diallo

Being a part of the Social Change Internship is already helping to shape the future that Djenabou wants for herself and her community. Read more about what she is doing right now to prepare herself for a life of changing the world.

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Student Profile: Becca Houlehan

Between school, being president of the robotics team, and starting a non-profit, Becca Houlehan stays busy. We caught up with her between passing periods and and study hall to see what life is like after her internship.

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It Takes a Village: Sponsor Profile

Meet West Village Realty, one of Startland Education’s sponsors. The West Village Realty team is passionate about education, and supports the programming we do every day because they know how important it is to prepare the next generation to impact our communities.

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