Blog 10 Interview Reflection

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1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)

 I am spending my mentorship time working with the volunteers. I do not feel like I am learning as much as I could but my schedule is busy and it is hard to align well with my mentor at this time. I am scheduled to talk with her soon about how to move forward in the process so I can get the most meaningful experience out of the situation.


 2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?

 I was volunteering at the shelter and I asked Michelle if I could mentor under Megan and if she could put a good word in for me. Megan said yes and here we are.

 3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?

 How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person I am pretty comfortable with Megan but I haven't spent that much time with her. I believe I am comfortable with her due to the fact that I am generally comfortable with adults and I know she is here to help me.

 4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?

 I think the interview went very well. Megan was very helpful and insightful. She explained each answer in detail and I never had to put much effort into getting her to explain things. She loves her job so much she could talk about it forever. I need to go further in depth to find other people to interview. I am sticking to people that are familiar and that won't help me in the long run.

Blog #9- Advisory Prep 3

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1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
I have scheduled the interview for Friday the 23rd at 3:30 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.

I found that food education and housing are too big components to helping nutrition in homeless areas. My reasoning is, in all the articles about nutrition in homeless populations, the two key solutions are always about education and housing
   
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

More scientific studies, I can get from the library 

I can also watch documentaries on netflix and youtube 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

How can an organization best combat nutrition deficiency in homeless populations? 

Blog 8: Independent Component Proposal

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I want to read a nutrition text book. Through out this process I feel like I have gotten lots of hands on experience in terms of homelessness; however, I have found no way to learn about nutrition. Since I could not get a college class in nutrition, I thought that reading a college text book about it would be the next best thing. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will read for an hour a day reading close to half a chapter each day. I will take notes on what I have read to prove I know and understand the material. 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

By doing this reading I will be able to understand certain parts of my project that I could not before. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Okay?

Blog 7 : Second Interview Prep.

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1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert? 

My mentor is Megan Nehamen. She is  the co executive director at Foothill Family Shelter. 

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

How did you get started in non-profit work? 

How did you move up the ladder to become the co executive director? 

What do you love most about your job? 

What is the most difficult part of your job?

Is there any regrets you have about going into this career? Do you wish you were somewhere else?

Blog #6 Advisory Prep

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?   

I found a lot of very insightful articles to help me understand my project better. I enjoy working at my mentorship and also networking to find double mentors. 

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

I am so bored working on the senior project; I don't understand how grad students work on their dissertation, because it is a lot work on one itty bitty thing. I constantly feel stressed between trying to complete mentorship, while juggling all the other important things in my life. I wish that the senior project started after Thanksgiving break, or even in January. I don't think the senior team can help these feelings. I feel that they're concerns I need to address on my own. 

Blog 5- Interview 1 Reflection

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1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?

I learned a lot about how our government system works in terms of helping the homeless. I found this extremely important, because I learn more from listening rather than reading information. So that I was able to quickly understand things, instead of getting lost and confused. I would probably not use someone I knew again. There was a light playful attitude throughout the interview and I feel that in the future I should not have that. 

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts?  What is the most useful?  Why?

I got a lot of information on what else I could research, which helped a lot because I was hitting a wall in terms of finding resources. This gave me renewed vigor to work on the project.

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me? 

My interviewee is qualified, because he is a very good lawyer, has been working at his job for a a significant amount of time, and is just young enough that not all his experiences are tainted by old cynicism. 

Interview #1 With Eli Hamiltion

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