K.R.

Kaela Redding

“My confidence has grown. I don’t feel like I’m so scared to do something because a person is going to judge me for the way that I do one thing. I used to be so self conscious over how I did one thing. But, I think now I’ve kind of stopped caring so much and [I’m] just doing what I like. Being able to ask anyone anything and people being nice about it also helps because I feel like talking to a stranger is so scary, but it’s really not. Community gave me so much independence, which was really nice. It’s gonna help with transitioning to college because I’ve known now what I have messed up. So it’s a nice thing for me to have a growth mindset [when] looking forward to college. So I know I don’t have to make these mistakes again. And it’s really nice that as a high school student you almost get this college experience. I feel like if you have good grades, that’s the basics. But at Community, you can see people are actually passionate about what they’re doing, and actually learning. Community really does give you the sense of independence and create what you want to do.”