Community Leadership Personal Statement

A leader is someone who inspires and motivates people to achieve their goal. There are varieties of ways that show my community leadership such as volunteering, extracurricular activities and employment. I volunteered with the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation for 2 years as a camp leader , this involvement led to my employment as a Preschool Children Leader, my role is to organize activities for the children and supervise them. This job taught me a lot of life lessons such as being flexible because I learned to care for special needs children. Also, I joined youth leadership in action to help improve my leadership skills and help people in my neighborhood. This involvement led to me volunteering as a mentor for the TOPS program for Youthlink organization , my major responsibility for this program was to prepare students going to high school to be successful.

Furthermore, I became part of different school activities such as cross country, drama club, vocal club, charity group and talent night. In total, I have been involved for 4 years. My community has affected me into becoming a great leader and having adequate confidence in myself because people around me are very encouraging and supportive of my achievements in life. Moreover, becoming part of the Pathways community is the biggest part of my life because it is the reason I'm engaged in a lot of volunteering and becoming a better student. It also improved my social skills ,since I was a shy person I never wanted to do anything out of my comfort zone, this organization has made me to see my inner self which improved my leadership skills and higher