Hopping on board with Microbusiness Mentors

As I searched around for ways to get involved in micro credit I eventually found out about a local group called Microbusiness Mentors, a non-profit group which was started in 2002 by BYU students. I found out where they had their weekly classes and I began stalking them and begging them to let me get involved last summer. This guy Spencer, who was super nice to me, explained to me about their organization and what they do and all, but it seemed like they had all the staff they wanted and they also were experiencing some kind of schism with their partnering organization, Centro Hispano. So after just showing up several times to their meetings and seeing how they didn't seem to have a spot for me at the moment I found other stuff to do to satisfy my thirst for serving in the world. I started playing sports with kids at a local elementary school on Fridays and occasionally helped out with the institution in question, Centro Hispano. But then one day early this year, as I was searching for jobs online, I saw that Microbusiness Mentors was looking for new interns/volunteers and I sent them my resume. I was contacted back, luckily, and had an interview set up for me. When I showed up they recognized my as the kid who stalked them last summer and they must have admired my energy and offered me the Marketing Director position, which I gladly accepted! Since January I have busily been trying to recruit people from the community to take our free business classes and learn from us how they can start their own business with a small loan of only $500. I have absolutely loved this internship because it allows me to serve in the community, use my Spanish that I have been learning from my major (almost all those in the class are Hispanic), and learn more about business in general.