Jeany's Experience at RYLA

The entire RYLA was much more exciting and educational than I had ever expected. Although all the leaders proclaimed that this weekend would be one of the most fun weekends in our life, I did not expect their proclamations to be entirely true. By the end of our stay, I finally came to that realization. Our busy days were 18 hours long and we ate what seemed like 5 meals a day. We were each assigned to 1 of 10 groups, who became our closest friends. In these groups we learned and practiced leadership and collaborative skills while teaching everyone about a specific world problem. Even though RYLA was educational, the best part of the RYLA experience was the different people we met; they made the weekend fun and forever memorable.

Jeany Zhang