Goodbye 2013... Hello 2014!!

The last day of 2013… Oh, how time flies.  It seems like only yesterday, the first GUALA class was in Washington D.C., trained on how to participate in grassroots advocacy and how to give back to our GEAR UP communities.  Look how far we have come since that trip!  We have met with members of Congress, local GEAR UP stakeholders, and GEAR UP students.  Yet it is only the beginning!  

The 30 GUALA members (A.K.A. GUALA bears) and our fearless leaders have accomplished so much in the past 7 months!  We still have five more months to go, and I am sure that everyone will continue to make a difference!  I look forward to 2014 and the prospects that it brings.  Keep doing your thing my fellow rock stars!! #GEARUP #GEARUPWorks #GUALA

THANK YOU GUALA

Hola  A Todos! :)
      Well, I am here at home (finally school is over! I get to sleep!) waiting on my little brother who had a basketball game out of town.. ANYWAYS, I have two separate blog posts that I intend to type!
      This first one is my way of saying thank you to GUALA! Honestly, I have changed as a person ever since I got Judy's acceptance e-mail! I used to believe in GEAR UP but I never really thought that it was a big deal. When I was in middle and high school I experienced GEAR UP and met lots of people, and it changed my life. But when I got on that plane to go to Washington, I was expecting nothing more than old people blabbering over and over how important GEAR UP is... Well, I admit that I was wrong.

 GEAR UP to me was nothing more than going on trips with my crazy friends... Leaving my tiny little town and exploring big cities!

 Taking random pictures in front of statues that we did not even understand! GEAR UP provided tour guides but we were too busy in our teenage stages to even want to pay attention!

And, of course, I fell in love. Every summer camp was different, every person that I met was a person that would be forever in my heart. This guy ^ was a heartbreak! (sad I know!) But a friend nevertheless..  A lesson learned and memories made!



     When I was on the plane to Washington, I couldn't help but think of all these things. I wanted to think of clever things to say to the others (a lawyer and a girl who was already a teacher!). I knew that no matter what I said on the first day, I couldn't compete.

    Honestly I did not even know why I got chosen. Luck I guess. I did know that Patrick Clingman, my director at the time of GUALA, had changed my life in high school without even knowing it. I was not the best student in high school, sad to say, and I ended up getting into big trouble.. My senior year we decided to make a BIG party, and I mean BIG aannndd we got caught -_-. Yep.

    Anyways, GUALA taught me so much. When I got off the plane, I immediately started small talk with Maria who was looking all nervously for her luggage! Haha then we got on the mysterious black van with Hector and Juan! (Hector who, in my opinion talked too much and Juan who I thought didn't talk at all) haha I love you guys! Hector will be the president some day I think.

   Everything changed from that moment on! I am happy to say, I made a lot of great friends. I think it's safe to say that I consider all of you like brothers and sisters at this point.. Every time I am with my GEAR UP kids I'm wishing that all of you lived just around the block!

    Not only did I meet great people, I also got the chance to see what GEAR UP is really like. From the money to the people, to the places to the kids! I got the chance to see that this program is not only great because it brings college awareness, it is great because it brings something more powerful.. LOVE. Every GEAR UP experience that I ever went through was memorable because I always felt loved. I was either loved by someone or loved someone. As a mentor, I learn that our kiddos come for the trips to have fun and because they know that we LOVE to have them. WE love to be with them, we love to talk to them, share, teach and our LOVE is for everyone.

   When I was in Washington, I learned to love what I was fighting for. I think that the one person who made a huge impact was Judy. I thought she was just going to be some lady talking about how great GEAR UP was.. But she did more than that! Judy stuck by our side from 7 in the morning til bed time! She was there, supporting us, loving us. I honestly have no idea how she could be so cheerful every day! I would have been chewing people's heads off by the 3rd day! But she did it. That woman is amazing! She showed me her love in what she was doing. She was determined for us to get the most out of everything and we did. I think that all of us learned and experienced a great deal!

 

Judy and I in San Fransisco! She not only taught us GEAR UP stuff, she also taught us how to look thinner in pictures ;) Leaning forward!

 I am so thankful for everyone that I met! Elizabeth I miss the most! She and I bonded so amazingly! She's such an amazing person and oddly enough, we had ALOT in common! Why does Oregon have to be so far from Texas!

 I am also thankful because I got to meet a fake president.. I honestly thought it was him! I wish it would have been him (secretly I tell people that it was the real Obama!)

 And, of course, I can't ever forget my secret service! BEN! Omg I can't believe you're getting married! She is one lucky gal! She gets to hear your amazing voice and accent every day! Gotta say, Maria, Yari and I all were in love with you when you sang to us! Ah! :) And of course, WALFRE! I love that guy! I'm like in love with EVERYONE! I miss you guys so much!

     And after pouring my heart out, I am sad to say that I'm going to bed! It's like 1:26 a.m. over here but I'm a grandma! I don't know how to end this or who to thank for all these unforgettable experiences.. I was so blessed the day that I got chosen to be a part of GUALA. I guess it was in the cards for me to receive such a huge blessing! Meeting all of you was such a life changing experience! I think all of the GUALAS and Judy and Daniel and everyone else were amazing! I can't imagine my life without any of you in it!
   Ya! Ok I'm leaving now because I'm getting all cheesy and dramatic like a teenage girl! I hope you all have a WONDERFUL day today! (Whenever you read this) Well, I hope you all have a wonderful day every day! And I am wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas! I can't wait for Christmas to get here! :D




                                                     Signing out! xoxo!
                                                   Daisy Valentina Perez <3

Spreading the GEAR UP message

On Nov. 22, 2013 I did my first radio interview and it was to promote the fact that GEAR UP does work. It was a little nerve racking since I had never done a radio interview and let alone for a radio station several states away from me. I am so blessed to have had this opportunity.

To listen to the interview click here!

Keep inspiring y'all,
Maria Ibarra

Bloom Where You Are Planted

Yesterday, I had the incredible opportunity to go back to the high school that I attended, Blue Mountain Union School, in Wells River, Vermont, and I was going to talk to the middle school students, faculty, as well as the school board on my experience of getting to college, and give some simple advice to these students.

I proceeded to tell these students about how I grew up: from the time I was born until I was 15, my family moved 18 times!  When we finally moved into the BMU school district, I declared that I would graduate here.  Unfortunately, at the end of my sophomore year of high school there, my parents told my siblings and I we were moving yet again.  Therefore, I set out to try and stay at BMU, and the way I saw to be able to do that was to become an emancipated minor, legally an adult at 16 years old.  While I was working on becoming emancipated, my GEAR UP counselor Dianne was trying to get me to think about what I wanted to do once I graduated high school.  I sort of blew her off (sorry, Dianne!) and put it in the back of my mind.  This came back to bite me once it came time to apply to colleges.  I only applied to two, and on the application this question came up: pick the top three areas of study you are interested in.  I hadn't considered this much at all, and so I made a very uninformed decision - 1) Biology; 2) Chemistry; 3) History.  I picked these three because I liked these classes in high school - a pretty sound decision, right? Well, I attended the University of Vermont (UVM) majoring in Biology the following year.  When it came time to meet with my advisor, I found it frustrating because I literally had 10 minutes with her.  I had never met her before, she didn't know me, and she had 80 other students to advise.  I said I was interested in medical school and was curious as to what classes I should try and take next semester.  Instead I got this response: "You should think about being a nurse...my sister is a nurse and has done really well for herself."  Utterly confused, I left, did some research on my own, and came back the next week.  I said that I had looked up some classes I thought would be good to take and wanted some advice.  The response? "Thats good, have you thought about being a medical laboratory scientist?" What?  Confused and frustrated, I left again - this time I was searching for a new major, and a new advisor to help me out.  I ended up transferring into the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department - I knew nothing about either of these subjects, but as I talked to my new advisor, I felt more reassured.  Again, I said I was interested in going to medical school, but had no idea how.  He laid it all out for me, giving me plenty of suggestions to get me ready to apply to medical school.  Finally! Someone with advice that was relevant to my needs, and focused on what I was interested in.  

Anyway, the point that I gave to the students I told this story to: 

1) Start thinking about what you're interested in NOW.  Don't think about what you want to do for the rest of your life, but develop the interests you have.  Those interests can develop into something more further down the line. And don't ignore people when they are asking that all important question!  You don't have to know what you want to do right now, but you do know what you like to do, or are interested in, and someone, somewhere will be able to help you further develop those interests - and people in an environment such as a school can help connect you with people who can develop your interests.  Be it cooking, history, or diesel mechanics, your interests will help make those all important decisions later on.

When you do something you love, it doesn't feel like work at all.

2) It is okay to change your mind about what you think you want to do later in life.  I spent a lot of time going back and forth between pursuing a PhD and MD.  Its okay to make a change, just make sure you are okay with the change - not everyone else, you.  

Because of course, only you can ultimately decide how happy you are in life.

As I was leaving BMU, I noticed a banner over an archway.  It said "Bloom Where You Are Planted" - and that is totally right.  Make the absolute most of your situation, because each experience you have can help you to learn something that can be useful to you in the future.  A perfect saying to students in middle and high school.

And, of course, remember... #GEARUPworks!

Cody Paiva

GEAR UP Nevada

Hi Everyone,

This is Alumni Leader Stephani Ruiz from the beautiful State of Nevada. I wanted to share with you how excited I am to start working with my Mentor and Coach Irene Zepeda. My Coach is a GEAR UP Ambassador at the College of Southern Nevada. I am looking forward to better serving my GEAR UP community. I am excited about growing and expanding my knowledge towards my GEAR UP program. I will be keep you all updated with the new exciting projects we are coming up with.

Thank you,

Stephani Ruiz

My Gear Up LOVE

Hello All!
My this will be my first formal blog! I wanted to share with you stories of love and achievement that I have experienced as a Gear Up student, Gear Up Assistant and GUALA! I am going to use pictures as a proof to my stories!

Story #1: Hello, I Am From Here

This is a picture that I took of our first Gear Up Summer Camp in 2012. I was an assistant this year and had my own group of kids to look after! This picture is a picture that I really love because it shows how one summer camp got our kids so close together! This picture has kids from three of the four schools that their grant covers; Presidio, Alpine and Del Rio. The school that did not attend this camp was Terlingua. Anyways, I think this first camp was such a success because our kids were excited, they were always positive and wanting to do awesome things and they made friends with everyone! :) By day two of our camp, kids were going around introducing themselves to others and making new friends! Gear Up gave them the opportunity to make new friends!


Story #2: Scientists and Goggles! 

This picture is also of our kiddos in the first camp. They would go to classes during the mornings and they happened to get a hold of a lab and use lab equipment to make volcanoes! They were so excited to be learning about volcanoes and they were even more excited when they got a chance to create one of their own and make it explode! The kids loved being in college classrooms and being able to learn in them while also making new friends! They looked like such little professional scientists!

Story #3: Love For Our Lost One <3

Just recently, one of our GEAR UP students from Del Rio, Texas passed away. He was in a horrible accident that cost him his life. This student was in our Gear Up grant but I never got the privilege to meet him. He never attended any of our Gear Up camps so I cannot say that I knew him but my kids were hurting so I am sure that he was a great person. I have a Gear Up page on my facebook and one of my girls from Alpine, Texas, a school about 3 hours away posted this picture. She wrote with it "Victoria and I put this on our hands in loving memory of Alfredo Garcia". These girls were supporting Del Rio's pain 300 miles away!


That is all for now :) I have many more stories to share but not enough time to write them all tonight!

Signing out! Daisy Valentina Perez :)

Education shouldn't be like Halloween?

 

 

 

Halloween—a holiday that can be a huge hit or great miss. Either super fun, full of yummy cavity-inducing pieces of carbohydrates composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, OR an adventure in near-freezing temperatures when nobody guesses your costume and your siblings get more candy than you do. A holiday when everyone decides they want to go to the "wealthy" neighborhoods because they will hand out more candy, or have better ones.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that a lot of us really do look for the most cost efficient ways of going about our day, even when it comes to going trick-or-treating. The cost benefit ratio of going up a hill with a few houses on a cul-de-sac might not seem worth the walk, for example. Logically, most of us we go to the easy-access houses that have the best decorations because most likely, "you will get more for your buck".

All that aside, I have noticed that education unfortunately can be perceived in this same matter. Students can start to believe that if a school is not going to provide the "right chocolate" or "enough", then it is not worth attending anymore. So what I am trying to get at? Recently, I've been wondering:

Can we make it so that everyone is getting their fair share of mega-sized Kit Kats, Jolly Ranchers, M&M's (peanuts, pretzel, dark chocolate...), giant gummy worms, Nerds, and Starbursts? Can we change our ideas about the purpose of Halloween, and understand that it is all about having a good time, walking around our communities, and participating in a nation-wide holiday that unifies us in our fear of death and all things spooky?

Can we make it so that education becomes a place without discrimination, so that all of our kids have equal access to a world of exploration, growth, and fun? Can we give our passionate leaders a place to communicate and collaborate to come together and make change? Can we give all the best to kids regardless of their zip code?

That’s exactly what GEAR UP is doing! Now, students can see endless possibilities, many of which were students who wouldn't usually see the benefit of a post-secondary education. They have shifted their paradigms and see value in going to school. GEAR UP lets us know that the cost benefit ratio of education is actually in our favor if we are willing to dream, pardon, PLAN in big ways! As a community, anyone is capable of achieving even the grandest of impossibilities, like winning Willy Wonka's golden ticket. It seems scary to leave your hometown, to do things that you have never done before, spend thousands of dollars on something that you don't know a thing about except the fact that it doesn’t guarantee a job especially with our economic recession.

But, as one collective, we can change the culture. College can actually be a great investment-once we make it plausible for everyone to put on a “costume” and go forth and prosper—wherever they may find themselves. So today, the day after Halloween, what candy will you hand out? Can you continue to distribute the precious goodies all kids are craving? Will you help the children of your home see the value of a higher education? Can you change the fact that kids are dropping out of school and falling through the cracks because they don't see the benefit of paying for a future that their parents can't always help pave? Will YOU be there to help fill the cavities?

GEAR UP has and will continue to do so, and I will attempt to help. #GUALA 

Below: Lucy and Miss America discussing education after going out trick-or-treating.
Coming soon: Equity for all, and to all a great education!



 

Thank you,

-Alma Irene Aguilar

Time is a Gift

It is with great pleasure to reconnect with the Gear Up Leaders. Time is such a valuable factor in our lives,  whether it being the past or future. These past months have been a rollercoaster for me. Tuskegee university has kept me busy with exams, work, track practice, and I forgot to mention the constant hospital visits to rehabilitate the health of my right leg due to a recent car accident. With that being said TIME is a GIFT. We walk through our cities as leaders who have so much to accomplish, we walk through our cities as leaders who have so many to inspire and we walk through our cities as leaders who want to see their vision come to reality.

-Traverse through the encumbering challenges life may hand
-Mekal Smith 

Resiliency

Yesterday, tragedy struck my home state of Nevada.  No one was prepared for yet another school shooting.  No one was prepared for it to happen in Sparks, Nevada. 

Yet, here we are, a day after the shooting, showing our resiliency.  Sparks Middle School will not be holding classes for the rest of the week, but next week they will be back in the swing of things.  They will continue to make education a priority, and maybe educate more about the effects of bullying, or whatever caused that student to become filled with so much anger.  They will remember, but they will continue to move forward.

Some of the students who attend Sparks MS are a part of Dean's Future Scholars (DFS), and so are a part of GEAR UP.  Those students will continue to move forward and make college a priority.  Other GEAR UP students from Traner and Vaughn Middle Schools were scheduled to come to the University of Nevada, Reno, today for a field trip.  Although there was talk of cancelling the trip, it was not cancelled, and these students will still be able to step onto UNR's campus.  For some students, this may be the first time they have stepped foot on this campus, even though they only live 10 minutes away. 

Maybe the tragic events of yesterday will give other students courage to stand up against bullies, and to help those who are in need.  Maybe the tragic events of yesterday will give others hope that their future can be brighter if they only reach out for help when they need it.  Maybe the tragic events of yesterday will make us all better people in order to avoid another tragedy.

Whatever happens to us in life, we can be resilient.  We can choose to keep moving forward even when life trips us up. 

I hope that the families who lost loved ones are comforted, and that the staff and students and Sparks MS can keep on keeping on.  My thoughts and prayers are with them all.

What does Gear UP have to offer?

Everyone wants to be in gear up!

Lately, there has been an overwhelming number of students coming to the gear up resource center here at Central High School asking "How do I sign up for gear up?" or "Can I be apart of gear up?". Most of the time, it's great to inform those students who we can accept...seniors and freshmen. In terms of the sophomores and juniors, it breaks my heart to basically tell them that they can receive less than half of the services we offer. I, personally, definitely try to follow up with those students just in the hallways or in the lunchroom and see how they are doing, even if they aren't part of our 2 cohorts.

During gear up week, we put together assemblies in each of the 3 high schools in Bridgeport. A part of the assembly here at Central High School included a video that I put together of past college tours that we have taken our (now seniors) on. We showed this to the class of 2017 (freshmen) so they can really believe what it is that we have to offer. Instead of just talking and talking, we showed them that the very students that they go to school with have been to amazing places like Washington, D.C. and Boston.

Yale-Bridgeport Gear Up Partnership College Tours: 

These are some pictures of the many college tours we have taken our students from the class of 2014 over the years. They are now seniors in either Central High School, Bassick High School, or Harding High School from Bridgeport, Connecticut. We really wanted to get across what Gear Up has to offer and what the students should be taking advantage of. 

Here are some other pictures of the assembly:

 

  




You can see some of seniors speaking to the 9th graders about their experience with gear up. Also, you can see that we showed the senior and freshman "theme" for them to follow throughout high school. The senior theme being "Mission Possible" and the freshman theme being "Transformers". We linked both themes to what gear up measures, offers, and provides in services. Lastly, we showed the 9th graders a video of the motivational speaker, Eric Thomas, and his famous video "Secrets to Success". The students really seemed to love it.

All in all, gear up week was fun and definitely brought more students in which is what our goal was! I hope everyone else has an enjoyable gear up and are continuing to offer your very valuable time and efforts towards changing lives one day at a time! :)


Maysoun Chawiche
Connecticut! 

From Summer School to Pharmacy School

As I am sitting here doing chemistry and biology homework, it is so crazy to think that I have already experienced my first year on campus! I'm no longer the "fresh face" of campus and it is truly a bittersweet moment. This time last year I was just settling into the college life, thinking about what I was going to wear to the football game and how to make the most of the space in my dorm room. Now I am looking into Pharmacy Schools and taking some of the hardest classes of my life. But, I know without participating in the GEAR UP Program throughout high school and middle school I would not have been as prepared as I am now.
I would like to thank GEAR UP KY for every college visit, every parent night and having us do college research to determine which college had majors that we were interested in and also helping us with applying to those schools when the time came. I would like to personally thank Ms. Nealy and Mrs.Eckler for holding our weekly meetings and never neglecting to make sure that we always stayed on track with whatever we were doing. The GEAR UP Academy is still one of my top GEAR UP memories because I was able to stay at a campus during an entire summer, meet my college roommate and also build relationships with students that are now enrolled all over the state of Kentucky. I just recently read an article that was made in 2009 when I participated in the GEAR UP Academy at EKU, and it's so cool to see that my interests in Pharmacy were still very apparent in the interview.

Thank you GEAR UP for keeping me on track and always giving me a shoulder to lean on!

New Beginnings

September has passed, which means National GEAR UP Week just ended, the end of Hispanic Heritage Month is near, no more summer, the end of my teenage years (I just turned 20), the end of life, the end of this, the end of that. Seems like everywhere I turn everything is coming to an end…except that would be the wrong way to look at life. The better way would be to live in society, “Like the legend of the phoenix/Our ends were beginnings/ What keeps the planet spinning/ The force from the beginning”, and use the past to construct a better future. Sometimes deaths and ends in life can only make for new opportunities to improve, acquire strength, and pursue education and wisdom.

That is what GEAR UP did during National GEAR UP Week (Sept 23-27) in my hometown of Toppenish, WA. Sometimes middle school and high school can be most difficult times for youth, but knowing that people believe in you and that everyone is willing to invest in your potential to go to college, can represent a new beginning, a new way to look at life and understand the future. All week long, middle schoolers and high schoolers worked on decorating their advisory classroom doors that promoted post-secondary education. Elaborate and multicolored doors represented the endless possibilities for students in my community who are sometimes unaware of the many existing colleges and universities out there. In addition, various presenters spoke to the importance of college and how accessible it actually can be.. The middle school was also able to take students to the UW GEAR UP Business Luncheon in Yakima where they had the opportunity to talk to professionals about their careers and educative experiences. This allowed our young adults to meet real community members that have been successful in achieving their goals-both in school and in their careers. To top it all off, Friday was an all-school GEAR UP T-shirt day and celebrated their plans (not just their dreams) to go to college.

"Providing beginnings" is the way in which I can best describe how GEAR UP has changed my life. Many times I thought “this is it, I am done, there is nothing more for me, why even try?,  even if I tried, I would not have anything to show for my investment, blah, blah, blah”—all until GEAR UP.

Ends in general, imply change, but understanding that change can be good, can be the difference between surviving and falling through the cracks.

Throughout it all though, I had the support of many people, and among them was the GEAR UP team. Thanks to the GEAR UP coordinator at my school (my home girl, Cassandra Martinez), I was able to attend the GEAR UP Alumni Leadership Academy (GUALA) which has definitely made the “end” of high school a bit more bearable. Even the end of GUALA proved to be just the beginning of a beautiful relationship with people from all over the country, as well as a system of accountability that keeps me passionate about starting something bigger than myself.

When a dream dies, the pain helps us value every moment of life we have just a bit more. We remember the great memories, the hot sun on our exposed bodies; the years in which one had (in theory) minimal responsibilities and adults saw us as dependent children; the minutes spent on creating new relationships and sustaining the old ones. All of this to say, that the end can only bring about change and a huge potential for new starts!

Again, thanks to the Toppenish High School students, staff, and faculty, and my community of the Yakima Valley, which have allowed me to continue with new beginnings. Also, special thanks to Seattle Biomedical Research Institute who is allied with GEAR UP to create a world of scholarship, leadership,  and educated advocates in order to collaborate and end infectious diseases. Thank you lastly, to Whitworth University which is fostering an ideal environment for me and other students to make a difference in the world.

Above all, thank you all for reading, and remember to look at the new adventures in your life!

Alma out.

Sharing the Experience...

Greetings GEAR UP community! It was great to see everyone doing amazing things in light of National GEAR UP Week this week. I wanted to take some time to connect with you all and share my service to the state of Louisiana. 

As a fairly new idea for the state, there will be an election for state GEAR UP officers to serve as liaisons to the state GEAR UP Office and GEAR UP schools and their Explorers' Clubs. To help students get a better understanding of the election process, in addition to sharing my experience as a GUALA, I created a video; and with sharing with LA, I wanted to share with our national GEAR UP community as well! I have attached the edited version with just the State Officer portion (the entire video is approx. 30 mins!) Hope you are doing great! Continue to progress!

Much love,

TNT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSSM_fuPhZY&feature=youtu.be

College Life

Hello Everyone,

If there’s one thing I’ve realized after settling into the college life at North Carolina State University, it is that college is very different from high school. My weekly schedule consists of classes starting as early as 7:40am in the morning and others as late as 6:00pm in the evening, instead of the usual 8:00am to 3:30pm high school schedule. Instructors do not assign homework daily, but instead expect their students to study outside of class on their own time. Perhaps the most apparent difference between college and high school is in the student population. NC State University has a population of approximately 34,000 students, way more than Seventy-First High School. Despite experiencing these differences in environments for the first time, I was not shocked or intimidated when the fall semester began. I have the Fayetteville State University GEAR UP Program to thank for that!

Back when I was still in high school, the FSU GEAR UP Program arranged multiple workshops designated to informing students on college life and how to prepare for the changes between high school and college. Essentially, those workshops gave me a “heads up” on what to expect from my college experience as a freshman and how to make the most out of my experience. Another way GEAR UP prepared me for college was how all GEAR UP faculty members were always open to discuss issues concerning college. I distinctly remember Mr. Michelle, one of the faculty members and GEAR UP coaches, telling me about the huge student population difference between high school and college and how to handle it. The solution he gave me, which ended up working, was to make new friends constantly. He said that “The humongous college world will seem smaller when you can recognize faces.” By following his advice, the student population was no problem for me and I now have plenty of awesome friends that I hang out with all the time. 

                   GEAR UP helped me develop in many different way, one of which being my transition from a high school student to a college student. The informative GEAR UP workshops and caring faculty are what makes the FSU GEAR UP Program in North Carolina great! As a GUALA GEAR UP Alumni Leader, I hope to express my gratitude by giving back to the GEAR UP community during my year of service. (#GEARUPWORKS) :)

Best of wishes,

Julius Nani