Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 6
Hello Everyone! Week 6 has arrived, and so has the end of my intership with the Rainbow Youth Center. I would love to talk about week 6 and what I did, but considering that it was still prolonged, there isn’t a lot to talk about. Monday 13th I had gotten extremely ill, and I wasn’t […]
Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 5
Hello Everyone Welcome to Week 5’s post This week was extremely slow at the Rainbow Youth Center, but my executive director lent me a whole box of workbooks. These consisted of books to improve Social skills in children As they were cut into four chapters, I only read the first 2 in each chapter Chapter […]
Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 4
Hello Everyone! Here is week 4! Disclaimer: Week 4 was extremely lackluster because our director chose to have the entire week off; as a result, I was left with a couple of things to do. Monday Through Thursday 30th – 3rd I went to the Colorado Office of Children, Youth, and Family Website to do […]
Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 3
Hello everyone! Here comes our 3rd week working with the Rainbow Youth Center Monday 23rd Starting Monday, Kat and I worked on preparations for my Wednesday activity. The basic idea was for the youth to decorate a cookie representing how they see themselves or how they want to see themselves in the future. We went […]
Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 2
Hello everyone! Here is week 2 of working with the Rainbow Youth Center! (RYC) Monday 16th Monday was a relaxed day, and I made sure to read up on some psychology in textbooks I could find, as well as research on human behavior. Tuesday 17th Z, our outreach specialist, had brought me with him to […]
Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 1
Hello everyone, reading this post! A little bit of a recap of my first week at the Rainbow Youth Center (RYC). Starting, arriving Friday, I had gotten settled in my first home provided by Claire Carver. On Saturday, I assisted RYC at their dungeons and drag. I worked on setting up the event at Buckley […]
Maya Santa Ana – Telluride High School
Greetings! My name is Maya Santa Ana, and I am a junior in high school. My biggest interest has always been psychology. As part of a minority and as a student, I understand the trouble and bigotry my identity brings. Behavioral psychology, specifically, is something I am passionate about because ever since I began my […]