Revised Youth Worker Portrait!


I’m 15 years old, and I am about three weeks into my first year of high school, I went to my first club meeting. This club was called SADD or Student Against Destructive Decisions. The advisor of this program was Mrs. Rowley. She works at my high school and is the advisor to the club. I knew one person and I was very uncomfortable in the situation. She invited me to come and sit with her during the meeting, and I became comfortable in the situation.

Three years later, I became the president of the organization that became a large part of my life in high school. Mrs. Rowley built me up into a leader that helped me realize that I could change the world in my own way. Mrs. Rowley’s office was the one place in the high school that I felt safe and that I could be myself. She would let me do homework with her, even stay in my It was my senior year, and Mrs. Rowley became one of my largest role models. She supported me in every decision that I made towards my future. There was one point that I was stuck, and I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. She sat me down and we made a list of all the things that made me, me. She pointed me in the direction of being in a human services position. She built me up and made it ok to be who I was and she supported me through everything decision I was making. 

My freshman year of college, my world took a turn for the worst. My mom experienced a stroke and I thought I would lose her forever. The first person that I thought to turn to was Mrs. Rowley, she was a phone call away. I called her, and she talked me out of a very bad place. I was starting to feel ok with the situation that was going on, and I felt like I was ready for whatever life threw at me.

I still talk to Mrs. Rowley at least once a week, she tells me to keep moving and she motivates me to be my best self. I want to be like Mrs. Rowley and build youth up so that they can be confident with themselves and know that it is ok whatever happens in life. She is a positive force to be reckoned with and I want to be able to show her one day that she helped me become the person that I am.

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  1. LesleyOctober 23, 2018 at 7:04 PM

    Thanks for sharing this, Lilli. I know you didn't get feedback in class so let's talk if you want to go another round on this!

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