Personally,
I have always been interested in the work that non-profits carry out. While I
was doing my study abroad in Buenos
Aires, Argentina in Fall 2018, I volunteered with some non-profits and I got
close to the situation many people go through in the country.
While I was studying, I volunteered specifically
with a student organization from the university and I got involved in their
fundraising strategies to get involved with a bigger nonprofit. During the
semester we struggled to fundraise enough money and at that moment I shaped the
concept of InterWings for the first time. I decided to start a platform to help
nonprofits with their fundraising and provide students with an actual
partnership experience, the main goal is to break with the zero-involvement
donation habit.
My weekly schedule is based on a once a week
meeting with my mentor to check on the process of the project. Sharing ideas,
presenting challenges and developing goals. At the beginning of the semester
the meetings were based on finding our way to carry out the project but later
on we focused on presenting the project to different departments on campus and
meet with professors.
This project is helping me learn about what I
most interested in, it is helping me with my long term goals because getting
involved in the nonprofit world has always been in my mind. Being in charge of
a project involves a lot of responsibility and hard work, even though you have
a mentor you have to decide your research, the methodology and follow through
with it. I believe it is a great experience for students to step outside of
their comfort zone. This semester I discovered several things, but the
conferences has been one of the greatest. I was able to attend two conferences
and meet students and professionals involved in the nonprofit field.
