Sarah Mondesir

Social Justice and giving back to my community is my greatest passion. What drives me to work hard and to meet all of my goals is knowing how the outcome of my work can impact others. Knowing how my work, story, and message can impact someone's life, I do not only push myself to work hard but to not only be satisfied when I feel as though things are good.

I try to always think about new things that I can do to help spread awareness about different issues and to bring people together. Although I don't have a lot of work experience, I have done many things throughout the years that helped me better my community and school. Also at my school, I’m one of the Co-presidents of the Black Student Union and one of our main goals is to create a safe place for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color by opening up a space where we can hold time for deep and meaningful conversations while also coming up with ways to better one's experience at school.

Here are a few programs that I have been apart of:

• Marin County Youth Comission
• Equal Opportunity Schools
• AP Stem Scholar Campus Leader
• MarinSEL

All in all, I have experience working with others and being apart of certain groups that are actively creating change by fixing the way we may educate certain kids, creating safe and better environments for all students, and trying to make AP classes more accessible to all students.

Recreation Reimagined / After School Staff

August 2022 - June 2023, Vallecito Elementary School

• Serve snacks, oversee study time, offer tutor help
• Trusted to watch over 60 kids
• Organize Arts and Crafts Activities for the kids
• Actively join students during their play time

August 2021 - May 2022

• Student Representative
• Increased number of Students of Color, and Low income students taking AP classes by 12% 
• Brought in 126 new students of color to AP courses for Fall of 2022

January 2022 - 2023

• Prepare and teach Lessons
• Organize weekly lessons, games, and activities
• Lead the Children’s Choir by preparing songs for the Holiday concerts

August 2022 - PRESENT

• President (2 years)
• Work with different groups on campus to create inclusive spaces
• Collaborate with our school’s Wellness Center to host events
• Provide College Support

August 2022 - PRESENT, Marin School of Environmental Leadership (MSEL)

• Interviewed Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s mom
• Wrote and designed a Storytelling Cookbook
• Connected with Black Chefs, Cooks and Influencers around the country
• Learned Graphic Design skills
• Became a self published author

January 2024 - PRESENT

• Organize weekly lessons, games, and activities
• Mentor young boys from the ages 4-8
• Class assistant

March 2024 - PRESENT

• Event Planning
• Facilitate meetings
• Public Speaking

I am a Inoming Sophmore at American University