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!

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