{"id":304,"date":"2018-08-01T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2019-01-04T11:21:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:21:51","slug":"yo-alumni-profile-mattie-hogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/yo-alumni-profile-mattie-hogan\/","title":{"rendered":"YO! Alumni Profile: Mattie Hogan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YO! Alumni Questions <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Why did you originally get involved with YO!?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I originally got involved with YO! to work with the disability community. It had been several years since I had attended the California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities and I wanted to work with that part of my community again. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. What did you gain from being a part of YO!? <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I gained a lot from being part of YO! I gained a sense of leadership and the impact one person has or can have on a community. I learned about different types of accommodations and how important laws such as the ADA are to our community. I also learned the impact that we can have on younger generations by sharing our stories and the disability culture. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Would you do it again if you could? Why?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        I would do YO! again if I could. It was a great overall experience and I enjoyed the projects I worked on, which included community outreach and working on the Digital Access Project (DAP). For DAP, I worked to help close the disability digital divide by offering low-cost internet and affordable refurbished computers to families who may not have been able to afford it otherwise.<\/p>\n

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        1. Would you refer or recommend a youth to be a part of YO!?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          I would and I have recommended other youth to be a part of YO!.<\/p>\n

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          1. What was the best part of being a YO! Volunteer or a YO! YAC member?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            The best part of being a YO! Volunteer was being able to meet and work with other individuals with different disabilities than myself and to explore how to improve our world.<\/p>\n

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            1. How would you describe YO! To a friend?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              YO! is a great way to get job experience while learning how you can have a positive impact on many different people and communities, and it is fun.<\/p>\n

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              1. What have you accomplished since you completed your YO! Volunteer time or YO! YAC membership?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Since completing my time with YO!, I finished my Associates degrees from Sacramento City College and have transferred to Sacramento State where I’m scheduled to graduate with my bacheleors in Social Work in May of 2019. I am currently on the Dean’s List. I’m an active sister of the Sacramento State sorority Chi Delta, where I currently am a co-chair for community service. I also have joined the National Social Work Association and have kept volunteering; currently I volunteer with Sacramento Children’s Home where I work with children under the age of 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                YO! Alumni Questions Why did you originally get involved with YO!? I originally got involved with YO! to work with the disability community. It had been several years since I had attended the California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities and I wanted to work with that part of my community again. What did you gain from being a part of YO!? I gained a lot from being part of YO! I gained a sense of leadership and the impact one person has or can have on a community. I learned about different types of accommodations and how important laws such as the ADA are to our community. I also learned the impact that we can have on younger generations by sharing our stories and the disability culture. Would you do it again if you could? Why? I would do YO! again if I could. It was a great overall experience and I enjoyed the projects I worked on, which included community outreach and working on the Digital Access Project (DAP). For DAP, I worked to help close the disability digital divide by offering low-cost internet and affordable refurbished computers to families who may not have been able to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[26,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4nl.bfd.mywebsitetransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}