Alexander Mendoza

American Red Cross Club Member + East Region Red Cross Club

- Participates in service initiatives focused on community health

- Demonstrates commitment to service beyond the local level through regional involvement

- Participates in virtual meetings for North Carolina's East Region, communicates with other youth members on ways to serve the community

- Regularly volunteers time to support teachers and students in an elementary school setting
- Assists with classroom activities and student support, demonstrating patience, responsibility, and leadership with younger students
- Shows strong community engagement and interest in helping others learn and succeed

- Helps with setting up school events

- Provided childcare for a younger cousin after the aunt immigrated from the Dominican Republic as a single parent

- Took on the responsibility to ensure a stable, safe, and supportive environment while aunt worked to settle into a new home and community

- Demonstrated maturity, adaptability, and empathy while balancing other responsibilities

- Developed strong caregiving, communication, and problem-solving skills