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Equity Ambassador

When I started the Honors Program I believed that Global Citizenship would be my greatest strength. In a way I find this to be true, but the learning and growth I experienced along the way was beyond what I could imagine. As I kept growing and learning I began to ask more challenging questions. Given the circumstances of my multicultural background, and in a way being at odds with what culture I identified more with, , I grew interested in the experience of individuals with similar situation (Self-Awareness Level 4). My interest grew to action when I approached the then current Honors Director and shared my thoughts. To my fortune, she had a project that she wanted to implement that would result to be a great fit. She approached multiple domestic students of color in the program and the Equity Ambassador program was born. Our task was grand and important, but at the time, I could not have imagined I would later co-author an article on the immense progress we made in a year. Together we had the great opportunity to look within our own Honors culture and address ways we could change for the better. Although our international student base was on par with the university as a whole, we still lagged behind in the percentage of domestic students of color in the program (Knowledge and Understanding Level 4). In order to address this, we looked at the program application, our mission, and even our title. We wanted to find ways to increase involvement of domestic students of color in our activities and overall enrollment. Because of the impact that the Equity Ambassador program has made and the real world implications that it has, it remains one of, if not my favorite, Honors experience. It is this commitment to genuine diversity that continues to inspire me to understand and share the stories and experiences that make us—now more than ever—Global Citizens.  

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