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Anna Canales ’23 helped plan and run the EASEL arts and science experiential learning summer program for grades 1\u20135 at Eastside Youth Strong<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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An art history major who wants to teach art before becoming a child advocacy lawyer, Anna Canales \u201923 wrapped up her Community Building Internship with Eastside Youth Strong\u2019s summer arts and sciences program by writing a children\u2019s book about her experiences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Canales ’23<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For Anna Canales \u201923, a desire to help in the community has often been constrained by the need to work in order to remain financially stable, while also taking classes full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer, a Community Building Internship (CBI) through the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement (CCE)<\/a> made it possible for Canales to serve in her community and experience a potential future path. Each year, the CCE and the Center for Career and Professional Development<\/a> offer K students the opportunity to apply for CBIs at a wide variety of local organizations. The positions usually last six to eight weeks, and interns are on the job for 30 to 40 hours a week while earning a stipend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, near the border with Mexico, Canales saw many families separated due to immigration cases and other reasons. She herself spent time in foster care as a child and was adopted at age 13. Those experiences have shaped both her desire to volunteer and her plans for her future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canales has been heavily involved with the CCE, where Assistant Director Moises Hernandez \u201917 has served as a mentor for her, and many of its partner organizations. She has worked with Kalamazoo dual-language elementary school El Sol, Latino community foundation El Concilio, and foster care organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majoring in art history<\/a>, she plans to teach art for a few years before going to law school to become a child advocacy attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her CBI, Canales helped plan and run the EASEL arts and science experiential learning summer program for grades 1\u20135 at Eastside Youth Strong. The organization aims to help young people in the Eastside neighborhood in Kalamazoo graduate and develop social and emotional strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I read the mission statement of Eastside Youth Strong, I was really emotional about it,\u201d Canales said. \u201cI cried during my interview, and she told me, \u2018It\u2019s OK. It\u2019s good that you\u2019re passionate about children coming from low economic backgrounds and diverse backgrounds.\u2019 Being with kids outside of the traditional school environment was important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the CBI, Canales was able to observe different teaching styles and also practice advocating for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were two different teachers in the program and they had such completely opposite teaching styles and ways of interacting with the kids,\u201d Canales said. \u201cI could pick and choose what I thought was working and what I thought wasn\u2019t that great of a strategy for me personally. It was almost like shadowing in a classroom; it was a lot of input in how I would like to run my own classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to helping with lesson planning, Canales was responsible for ensuring the students\u2019 physical, social and emotional needs were being met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of it was making sure everybody felt comfortable, everybody was respectful, everybody was having fun while learning,\u201d Canales said. \u201cWhile the teachers were teaching, my job was to make sure the kids felt like they were being heard, they were being seen. If they needed anything, I was the one to make those calls to parents, like, \u2018Hey, does your kid need shoes? We can get them shoes.\u2019 Or, \u2018Your kid said they can\u2019t eat XYZ, we\u2019re going to work to get them a lunch provided that they can eat with their dietary or religious needs.\u2019 Making sure the kids felt supported was my role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Canales was initially intimidated by that role, by the end of the program she found herself feeling connected to the families and pleased that she made a difference. Many parents expressed appreciation for her efforts, and some asked her to babysit or tutor their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching kids who started the program shy and reserved blossom in confidence was Canales\u2019 favorite part of the internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was so special seeing them grow and be more confident in themselves,\u201d Canales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canales learned a lot about supporting students\u2019 social and emotional growth through the CBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of what I was learning was about the social emotional stages the kids are in, never getting upset or showing that you\u2019re upset about something, no matter how stressful the kids\u2019 behaviors could be,\u201d she said. \u201cI was always trying to find a solution and be the one in control of the tone, the mood, everything, and understand where these kids are coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canales hopes to stay involved with Eastside Youth Strong in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really appreciate that a lot of the people are women or people of color and that they do programs all year round,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can really tell that they care about where these kids are coming from and where they’re going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the CCE, Canales has been heavily involved at K with the Pre-Law Society, Women of Color Alliance, Anime Club and K Desi, and this year she will serve as an interfaith leader. She has worked in the library, where Collection Services Librarian Leslie Burke and Digital Services Librarian Ethan Cutler particularly mentored her with helpful conversations about life after college. Professor of Art and Art History Christine Hahn and Assistant Professor of Japanese Brian White have also been mentors for Canales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like so many people at K have impacted me,\u201d Canales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is grateful for the opportunity to pay that forward to the young students on the east side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a full-time student who has to work, I don\u2019t always have time for everything I want to do,\u201d Canales said. \u201cBut I do my best to help when I can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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