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Hello humans, welcome to my comfort safe space. My name is Milary Tavarez and my pronouns are she/her. I am currently a senior at Rhode Island College majoring in Youth Development. Youth Development is a program that prepares you to become a professional working with the youth in settings such as after school programs, recreational centers, community arts and so on, the ages run from 3-21. I started working with the youth journey began my sophomore year in high school. I participated in my first pageant, Hispanic United Development Organization (HUDO) that lead me to do community service. As a tittle winner one of my responsibility was working with the community of Providence. I worked a great deal with young girls such as creating dances for cultural events, teaching them about women empowerment, and modeling and fashion for fundraising fashion shows. I also had the oppertunity to work and build the foundation of Latin Dance with the after school program City Year/Providence After School Alliance (PASA) http://www.mypasa.org/ 

 After my reigning year my community work was not over, I decided to compete for Miss Dominican Republic of Rhode Island. This is when I knew where my heart belonged. As a queen I worked with a large group of young girls teaching them about the Dominican culture, modeling, working with others, discipline, and responsibility. I represented Dominican Republic in a pageant that lead me to become Miss international. I participated in fundraising fashion shows such as  the LUPUS Foundation. Organized a toy drive during the holidays and participated in toy drives dressed as Mrs.Clause. After my reigning year as Miss DR of RI I continued to work with the non profit organization Quisqueya en Accion https://www.facebook.com/quisqueyaen.accion.5. I took over the dance group of the organization that consist of 32+ mix of boys and girls from ages 4-18. I prepare them for the annual Dominican Festival in Providence, Rhode Island. I prepare and organize the Miss Dominican Republic of RI event where the girls are recognized for their talents and participation. We also organize fundraisers for charities, we recently donated winter clothing to Family Services of Rhode Island. We perform for other cultural events and lastly we volunteer our time for the annual Broad St. clean up on Earth day. 

    Spending my free time with the community and working with the youth opened my eyes that my heart and soul belongs to working with the youth so why not get a degree to what you love doing.