Melia Mikaelian, Manager of
Volunteers for THINK Together, and Omar de la Riva, Site Coordinator, spoke
with Teachers of Tomorrow (TOT) during their meeting on October 27. Both guests
encouraged TOT members to consider volunteering at one of the 200+ afterschool
sites that THINK Together now manages. They explained how volunteers make a
difference in the lives of young people, learn more about themselves as
individuals and as future educators and parents, and experience the cultural richness of
one of Orange County's oldest cities. They also shared reminiscences about
their student days as undergraduates at UCI. Melia was a Psychology and Social
Science Major who discovered her passion for afterschool programs after
volunteering at a THINK Together site as part of her Education 124 class. Omar
was a Japanese language major who chose his post-graduation employment at a THINK
Together site in the Santa Ana community in which he grew up. Additional information and club photograph.