What prevention means to me is showing the younger generation by being a good example not to use at such a young age with alcohol and drugs. Having a younger sister and hearing children who are younger or my sister’s age already having the habit of vaping and drinking scares me for her. Not wanting her to follow down that path, I want to at least try to show kids why it’s wrong. Just knowing I could prevent a child from using or prevent my sister from getting her hands on drugs makes my worries go away for the time being. We are preventing them from drinking and smoking by going to their schools and listing the cons and wrong doings that could occur to your body, telling them about mental health, and scenarios by showing slideshows and answering questions.

I decided to Join Nevada Grows because I wanted to make an impact on the future of our world, and this is exactly what Nevada Grows does! I heard that Nevada Grows goes around to schools and teach kids about drug abuse. I’ve seen drug abuse in my family, and I don’t want the kids of our future to fall into the same trap. So, I took the opportunity, and it was the best decision I’ve made. Not only am I making an impact but along the way, I’ve gotten myself exposed to new career ideas, made friends and memories that I will cherish forever.

The reason I decided to join Nevada Grows was because of the opportunities this program provided. I heard that there were opportunities such as college letters. And I heard about the amazing leaders running this program. Not only are the people apart of this program amazing, but the program itself is a program that will help direct the future for children. There are many children who don’t know about substances and the dangers of them. It’s important to me that I can help change that. I truly enjoy this program and I’m super fortunate to be a part of an amazing program, being able to interact with unique children every week and learn something about them.

The reason why I joined JTNN is because it was a learning and growing opportunity. I like what I do with JTNN and I like to teach kids about prevention. I have always liked kids and being able to do something I enjoy while working with them is great. Another part of this that I like is that it feels like we are a family. You can always rely on each other, and they always have your back. I have so much love for everyone I work with. JTNN specializes in prevention, especially to kids that are more exposed to it at a young age and what I like about that is that I can help kids and people make better choices and make them better people.

The reason I decided to join Nevada Grows is because it’s a program that makes a change. I’ve been trying to be more proactive by helping improve and be a part of the community and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I believe that education on a topic is the best method of prevention and that’s what this program does. Through this opportunity I want to help make a change and help brighten the future of the kids by helping them learn the dangers of substance abuse.