https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90 Educational journey map for YDEV 501 en-us 2020-10-07 23:43:50 UTC 2023-10-05 01:00:00 UTC hello@padlet.com juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812494413 Learned how to play the violin 🎻

My 5th grade teacher

Science class (gr. 1-5): I had 2 different teachers, but they were both incredible women who made science cool 🔬]]> 2020-10-08 02:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812494413 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812494608 Art class: no room for creativity 🤦‍♀️
Science class (gr. 6): no room for experimentation ]]> 2020-10-08 02:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812494608 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495355 8th grade art class: controlled creative chaos 🎨]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495355 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495470 Math class]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495470 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495572 7th grade English Honors: the first genuinely safe classroom space I've ever been in

Italian (both years): I grew confident as a student of language & learned a lot about Italian culture (especially food & music 🥰)]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812495572 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496055 Virtual summer classes are super cool 😎
Discovered YDEV!!! 🎉🎉🎉]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496055 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496291 Finally understood what it felt like to be behind the desk instead of in front

FAFSA, Common App, scholarships: you name it, I've helped a student do it 📚

Multilingual Leadership Corps 2019-2020: met amazing folks from all over the state, visited some beautiful places (pre-COVID), attended informative trainings & conferences

The experience completely changed my career path and life trajectory]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496291 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496548 1st job: 1 exceptional store manager, 2 good SMs, 1 not so great SM, revolving door of assistant managers

2nd job: the best retail job I've ever had - incredible team, great company, close to home.
(I loved it so much I came back in the middle of a pandemic)]]> 2020-10-08 02:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812496548 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812497510 Honors thesis

Global Politics: is hard when you've never been exposed to international relations before 😬

Public Administration: is just a giant group project. Also, budget projects are ]]> 2020-10-08 02:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812497510 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812497640 Honors thesis (again. Really, it was both the bane of my existence and my proudest moment)

Time spent in the lounge between/after classes with my friends & professors smile

Every opportunity I had (even if it wasn't something I really wanted to do)]]> 2020-10-08 02:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812497640 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498334 Participating in Drama Club in 5th & 6th grade (fun fact: I was the 1st female Wizard of Oz) 🎭]]> 2020-10-08 02:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498334 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498691 My professors 👩‍🏫
My academic advisors
My thesis advisor
The INGOS program & the RIC Food Justice program 🌿
Honors thesis
Visiting the UN for the first time!

Graduating magna cum laude with my BA in Political Science (honors) & Public Administration and an INGOS Certificate 🎓🎉

(no extra math classes!🎉)]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498691 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498882 Spring 2018: Congressman Jim Langevin
Spring 2019: Save the Bay 🌊

(Never have I ever made a coffee run during any of my internships! ☕)]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812498882 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499255 English: Socratic seminars (English II Honors, AP Lit & Comp)
To Kill A Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, 1984 📚📚📚

Band: classes, band rehearsals, music theory class (senior year) 🎼

Civics: my interest in political science was born

AP European History: rewriting "We Didn't Start the Fire" to be current (best line: Yassar won a Peace Prize 🔥🔥)

Senior Project: passing with an Honorable Mention & high praise from the principal

Graduating!!!]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499255 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499310 The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Math (again)]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499310 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499379 Afternoons in 403

Civics class: the catalyst for my original program of study]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499379 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499780 Ran wicked fast on the cross country & indoor track teams 🏃‍♀️

Volunteered like it was going out of style (round 2): JBF Drama, church, community]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812499780 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812500049 Volunteered like it was going out of style - JBF Drama, my church, community]]> 2020-10-08 02:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812500049 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528480 2020-10-08 03:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528480 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528637 2020-10-08 03:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528637 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528819 2020-10-08 03:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/812528819 juliatesta17 https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/814422290 Dance (gr. 2-8): there's no better feeling than perfecting and performing a routine 💃]]> 2020-10-08 16:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/juliatesta17/zr2qbc0r95wlkw90/wish/814422290