Hello! I am a recent graduate of the University of St. Thomas and a graduate from the very first graduating class at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. I have always been actively involved with my schools from when I was a student ambassador my sophomore year in high school to when I became the vice president of the Hmong United Student Association my junior year at St. Thomas. I was always taught the embodiment of networking, but building that through communication and giving back to my community was something I had to learn on my own. I am honored to be on the Youth Participatory Action Research team to show others my own success as well as having been given the opportunity to prepare the resources for many first-generation students that will follow. We were researched; now we're the ones doing the researching – and we will thrive.