My Kenan Fellowship was the perfect mixture of hard work and a lot of learning. I got the opportunity during my externship to learn more about grassroots organizing and reaching out to youth in nontraditional ways. The PD institutes were so eye-opening, though, that I would like to take a few minutes to simply reflect.

Our second PD Institute made me step out of my comfort zone into the world of politics. If you know me, you know that I’m a peacemaker. I love for everyone to get along and I seldom voice my dissent. This particular PD even made me get up in arms!!

We started the weekend with a really great introduction to the Meyer-Briggs Personality test. This was really fun and informative – mostly because it was spot on! Slowly, though, more and more political figures were incorporated. Some were on “our” side and some were definitely not, but most made us think. Truly a great learning experience!