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I am eternally grateful for my mentees. Day 1 of orientation, I strategically seated them and had placed fidget toys in front of each of their name tags. I spent the night before thinking about all the questions I could ask them so that lunch at R House wasn’t painfully awkward or ways I could make the scavenger hunt a great experience for them. I had a privilege - the privilege of comfort and the privilege of being familiar with CIIP. And I wanted to be in a position where I could make my mentees feel safe and feel as though they had a support system in navigating CIIP. Now, 8 weeks post orientation, my mentees have made me feel beyond safe and incredibly supported. They taught me friendship and compassion. They taught me what it feels like to have people in your corner. And, they truly made my CIIP experience. I am coming into this upcoming year with a group of life-long friends, and I am, of course, eternally grateful for them.
Being a part of the youth and education group has been a wonderful experience as well. Hopkins, being such a pre-med focused environment, it seemed to me as though the prize of CIIP, to many, was to receive a clinical internship. But, the opportunity to be in a smaller group of students that intern with youth in schools, community centers, recreation, etc. is incredibly heartwarming. It is an extremely valuable opportunity for a college student to be an advocate, compassionate teacher, and a person of support to a child in any of our partnering organizations. And it is quite the privilege to hear the ways that these children have connected with the CIIP interns in the youth and education group.