{"id":22857,"date":"2017-12-11T11:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=22857"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:37:11","slug":"sorrells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=22857","title":{"rendered":"Service experiences lead to dream career for December graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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December graduate Analisa Sorrells says her public service experience at Carolina led to her dream job. (photo by Rhesa Versola.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For December graduate Analisa Sorrells,\u00a0experiences in public service at\u00a0Carolina led her to her dream career path \u2013 one of giving back and helping others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I arrived at Carolina, I immediately got involved with Tar Heel TABLE<\/a> and the Buckley Public Service Scholars<\/a> program,\u201d said Sorrells of Windermere, Florida. \u201cI was set on studying nutrition. I was fascinated by food and how it impacted our health and our livelihoods. I took an entire first year of prerequisites \u2013 anatomy and organic chemistry in all \u2013 before a few experiences that completely changed my academic and career course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those experiences were in public service.<\/p>\n

The summer after her\u00a0first year, Sorrells interned with Feeding Children Everywhere, an Orlando nonprofit that provides healthy meals to those in need.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned more about the startling reality of childhood hunger, both domestically and internationally, and about the various nonprofits and organizations working to end it,\u201d Sorrells said. \u201cWhen I returned to UNC for my sophomore year, I took on a larger role in Tar Heel TABLE, learning more about hunger that existed right outside my dorm window in Chapel Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, Sorrells also enrolled in her first public policy class. \u201cI took the class on a whim and fell in love with the material. For the first time, I learned about more than just the social problems facing our world \u2013 but about the possibility we each have to make a positive impact on them through our careers and through service. I changed my major to public policy<\/a> and never looked back. After taking the APPLES service-learning<\/a> course on nonprofit consulting and serving as a board member for TABLE, my interest in the nonprofit sector was solidified.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her sophomore year, Sorrells also participated in an APPLES Service-Learning alternative winter break where she was introduced to the concept of learning outside of the classroom. She engaged in hands-on service in the Asheville community, meeting with community leaders, local government agencies and nonprofits connected to hunger and homelessness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to grasp the issues at hand more deeply than ever before,\u201d Sorrells said. \u201cThis experience encouraged me to enroll in APPLES service-learning courses and continue pursuing skills trainings through BPSS, as they completed my undergraduate experience in a way that traditional coursework never could.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the summer of 2017, Sorrells partnered with EducationNC through the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation Fellowship. She worked on the early childhood team and learned more about the importance of early childhood education, nonprofit management and social justice. Her project with EducationNC combined her interests in education and nutrition, allowing her to study and report on summer meal programs in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

After her fellowship, EducationNC offered Sorrells a position as a reporter and executive fellow for the spring of 2018. Now with more than 300 service hours under her belt through BPSS, APPLES and TABLE, Sorrells said that this position is a perfect fit for her interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows me to work in a nonprofit organization that I believe is striving to make North Carolina a better place for all,\u201d she said. \u201cI will travel across the state and meet with various leaders and change-makers, as well as report on pressing issues in education and public health. I look forward to taking the lessons I\u2019ve learned inside and outside of the classroom at Carolina and put them into action with my role at EducationNC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Story by\u00a0Becca Kronebusch, Carolina Center for Public Service<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For December graduate Analisa Sorrells,\u00a0experiences in public service at\u00a0Carolina led her to her dream career path \u2013 one of giving back and helping others. \u201cWhen I arrived at Carolina, I immediately got involved with Tar Heel TABLE and the Buckley Public Service Scholars program,\u201d said Sorrells of Windermere, Florida. \u201cI was set on studying nutrition. 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