City Year, one stop on a lifetime of service

My experience with City Year will be so valuable to future employers that I’ve already begun planning for my life after City Year. To keep my options open, I’m getting ready to apply to several different programs. The first being Teach for America, which is a program that would place me in an underserved community and train me to be a full time educator within the school district for two years. I’m also looking into Outward Bound, a non-profit that brings inner-city kids to the sticks to teach social and leadership skills and challenge their abilities with team building workshops and high-ropes courses. I’m also interested in other AmeriCorps opportunities geared toward environmental work and I am currently researching the possibility of spending a year in Patagonia, Chile through the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) where I would receive various certifications in wilderness medical training, risk management, and outdoor education.

Jeff R., 24, corps member, Villa at Overbrook