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September Community Service

This month I took part in two volunteer opportunities. The first began at the start of the semester. This semester I am a Teaching Assistant for Cellular Anatomy taught at the Tulane Uptown Campus by Sarah Garner. I am serving as a Teaching Assistant as a volunteer and not receiving any compensation. It has been rewarding thus far to help students learn about the human body in a class that I enjoyed so much. Along with that, this material is directly relevant to my desire to pursue medicine, making teaching it all the more exciting. During class, I help students with dissections as well as learning the muscles, vasculature, and nerves of the human body. I also held a review session for their upcoming exam. During this review session, I gave students a practice exam and helped them study properly for their test. Along with my experiences as a teaching assistant, I volunteered at the NOLA Beer Fest, which partners with the Louisiana SPCA. It was a lot of fun volunteering at the event a