I came back and saw the Teach for America advertisement at Duke. It sounds corny, but it was the only thing that brought tears to my eyes. She contrasts the experience with her teaching assignment in Indonesia. In Indonesia, I was hired to be a teacher, and I actually had to teach. But both experiences made me realize how much I enjoy working with children.
Kids are kids, no matter what their situation.
As an allocations board member of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, she has analyzed programs and finances of member agencies and made funding recommendations on programs offering services to families. She spent her final two semesters with Citizens for Missouri's Children, a non-profit organization where she helped analyze and promote policies and proposals on children's issues in the areas of health, education and welfare reform. D.C. She also served as treasurer of the social work school's student council and as a teaching assistant for a family practice course. Forsyth currently is working as a temporary substitute teacher in the St. Louis public school system. But I'm also very interested in working to help improve policies and change systems in ways that benefit all children.