My name is Messiah Mclaurin. I am a freshman at Tapestry High School. I live in Buffalo, NY.
I've been working at MAP for two years. I like working at MAP because I have learned new things. Before I came to MAP I didn't know how to hoe, how far to plant garlic apart or what scarlet runner beans were. I have also learned how to work around other teenagers without being easily disturbed. Last year when others would be around while I was trying to do work I would complete get off task. Working here helps me have self-control.
My favorite parts about working at MAP are the 'Big Group Meetings' when all the teenagers and most of the staff come together on Monday from 4pm-6pm. In these meetings we mostly talk about unfinished conversation from the previous week. My least favorite part about working and going to school is that it makes me tired. Sometimes I don't get enough rest because I be up all night trying to complete homework. The hard part about having a job and going to school is sometimes I'm not always on time. I'm also only a minor so I have to depend on a public bus to pick me up from one destination and take me to the next. Not all the buses come on time, which can also make me late.
When I graduate high school I want to go to college and specialize in cosmetology. A cosmetologist is someone who does hair, nails and other things with beauty products. I also want to model. Sometimes I catch myself taking pictures for nothing. A couple months ago I realized I want to be a model. Most of the time when I'm not working my spare time goes to self defense. I personally like boxing. I think it's something my body is built for.
The reason I joined the food justice movement is because food is an important part of the human body. When people's food is messed with then so is one's health. I also like speaking on having healthy food in corner stores so parents and grandparents don't have to travel 1.3 miles to Tops market or Wegmans to get a fresh bag of oranges.
I am so passionate about food because your food choices can either help of hurt you. You have to connect with the food you eat.
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