Evolvement ❘ Promoting a tobacco-free New Mexico

Hey! My name is Anastasia Meza and I’m an incoming junior at Gadsden high school. This is my second year in Evolvement but my first on the LT, the reason I joined the leadership team was to learn more about Evolvement.

One of the ways I learned more about the program was by attending the Leadership Team Summit. During the Summit, I’ve learned about networking, leadership, communication and public speaking. We participated in this Networking Event where we got to put our new skills to use and meet members of the community. This was really nervewracking but once we got to actually speaking with them it wasn’t that bad.

Part of my role of being on the leadership team is to recruit new Evolvers into Evolvement, doing principal meetings (help give the principal resources to help them implement the new 24/7 policy), middle school and elementary school presentations (help educate students about the damage it could do to them) and school board meetings (help encourage the superintendent to enforce the 24/7 policy in the whole district.) At the Summit, we learned just how we can sign up for these participants and how to help the other members at our school feel comfortable participating as well. I am really excited about going back to my school and getting to be an actual leader. My favorite part of this experience was learning the different ways to be a leader and finding a way that works for me. Everyone gets to be their own type of leader which is really cool.

Being in Evolvement is important to me because I can help make New Mexico healthier. Another reason is I don’t want other high school aged students and younger to use flavored nicotine products. My experience at this summit was amazing and I really recommend it to other Evolvement members. I also want to make an impact on my community and I believe by being in Evolvement and on the leadership team has made a little impact on my community so far.

Thank you for reading!

More Blogs

The Evolvement Summit – Anastasia Meza

My Experience at the Evolvement Training by Itzel Moreno

Hi, I’m Itzel from Arrowhead Park Early College High School also known as APECHS, and I’ve been part of Evolvement for 2 years now. My journey started with a simple desire to help prevent the use of nicotine and tobacco. That’s what drew me to Evolvement in the first place. As a member of the […]

Trainings with Evolvement By Hannah Dixon

I have done three different trainings with Evolvement and could not be more excited for my fourth and final training with them this year. Having so many opportunities to experience the same training with different people around makes it a different experience entirely. The objective is always the same but seeing the different ways people […]

Evolvement Training by Angel DeLuca

My name is Angel DeLuca, I’m in ninth grade, and I just joined Evolvement. I joined Evolvement because I wanted to put it on college applications. It wasn’t too hard to do because I just had to fill out an application and the parent form. I learned about the program when the Evolvement staff came […]

Site Visits With Evolvement by Emma Ryan

So what are site visits? Site visits are when the Leadership Team and Evolvement Staff go from classroom to classroom giving a presentation about what Evolvement is and how to join. Before the day of the Site Visit, we have to go round and ask our teachers if they would be okay with us interrupting […]

How to Join Evolvement by Paiuma Teton

Hello! My name is Paiuma Teton, pronounced Pie-You-Ma. I’m a Junior at Arrowhead Park Early College High School and have been in Evolvement for three years, since my Freshman year! I joined Evolvement for many reasons, one being the fact that Evolvement is a youth engagement movement that strives to promote a healthy New Mexico, […]