Over the past few years at FIU I have become involved in many service projects with many outstanding results. However, I have never experienced anything like my involvement with Global Community Engagement. Being one of the student founders of GCE at FIU I have had firsthand experience in aiding disadvantaged children in Santiago, Dominican Republic. We work to formulate lesson plans, buy school supplies, clothes, and hygiene items. Through this organization I feel that I have grown exponentially as a person as well as having made a difference in the world.