My passion for service came from my parents, and my community involvement began at a very young age, when I volunteered with the local Chamber of Commerce in Lowell, MA to help revitalize our city.
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The idea of community and helping others has always been a part of who I am. Growing up, my parents always made sure that my siblings and I were doing our part to serve our local community.
When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.
I was raised in a family dedicated to public service.
The Boy Scouts, of course, had an influence on me because I learned about service in the community.
When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives.
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.
The idea of service leads to community.
In my teens, I worked as an aide in my community supervising and mentoring youth in various programs and delivering lunches to needy students.
My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.
My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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