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Meazi Light-Orr, Chair

2022 California Youth Leadership Summit High School Chair (Crossroads School, Santa Monica)

I enjoy a lot of different things but currently, I spend most of my time knitting, crocheting, and learning how to Chinese paint.

There are so many different amazing things in Los Angeles but what never fails to make me happy is the ocean.

I was born in Ethiopia and that by far remains the most interesting place I have been.

Right now I really want to travel to China because I am learning Chinese. I'd like the opportunity to practice and better my speaking skills and there is also such a rich cultural history there that I'd love to see more directly.

I am really passionate about education, both mine and others; my family founded a school in my birth region of Ethiopia and I am currently working to fund an additional two grades for the students there.

What interests me most about the world are the different cultural practices that exist; I am learning about them now through my computer as we're in a pandemic but I hope to be able to tangibly experience them in the future

Though I am not certain, I think that I would like to be an ambassador or a diplomat, I really enjoy Model United Nations and that is exactly the work they do.