My passions are a wide array of things. I’ve always had a “passion for fashion”. This passion lead me into my undergraduate degree, but ultimately wasn’t the career path I chose to carry out. After I became a teacher, I developed a huge passion for giving back and doing random acts of kindness. This started with my first school I taught at. During the holidays, teachers were able to “adopt” a child. This entailed buying them something on their list. I was given whether it was a male or female, their age, their size and what they wanted. I chose 2 boys and had to buy a Jets sweatshirt and a baseball glove. I remember my parents asking why I chose 2 kids instead of one. I explained to them that I grew up getting whatever I asked for. I never had to worry about not having something because they were able to provide me with it. If the least I can do is buy a child his sweatshirt and baseball glove for the holidays, I would do that. This continued into my current district and adopting a family to provide a food bag for the holidays and through breaks and the summer. Although, they don’t know who is sending it, I feel good knowing I am making a difference. I also began practicing random acts of kindness with my students and the response from other members of the staff has been tremendous. Although I have many materialistic passions, I’d have to say that being able to give back surpasses all of those things.