Rebecca Obasi
Follow message LOS ANGELES, CA
Well I'm the "easy to get along with, smart, funny" type of person. I'm Nigerian American, born and raised in the Bay Area of California. I have 4 younger sisters, which makes me the oldest. I'm the type of girl who is determined to the best person I can be. I am an optimistic and always willing to do something right when I make mistakes because learning from your mistakes will make you a stronger person. I like getting active in sports, even sports that I have never tried before because I always like trying something new. I feel like trying something new helps me learn about the wor
Extracurricular
- Leadership
- It is a class where we help our school by doing community service, help with our prom, our school rally. This group pretty much helps our school to be a better place.
- ETA (Empowerment Through Action)
- It is a group where a group of students from my school, come together to find ways to help our community by doing community service. Every two to three years, we pick a different problem to work on in our community. This year our topic is teen pregnancy.
- 30 Hour Famine
- The 30 Hour Famine is when youth groups from christian churches work together to raise money for the kids who are starving from hunger around the world. 30 hours you fast and help our own community.
- volunteered at Earth Day
- I volunteer to help out for Earth Day by going there early in the morning to help set up the place. What I did specifically was to set up the tables, put up some decoration etc.
- volunteered at New Orleans
- I went to New Orleans, Louisania for MCNC (Middle College National Conference) to community service. I was one of the 150 students who did landscaping at a local church and made the place look nice.
- ATDP
- Atdp(Academic Talent Develpment Program) is a special summer program for students grades kindergarden to 11th grade who are highly academic. The secondary level (7th-11th grade) is located at UC Berkeley. You get a chance to take some classes for 6 weeks.
- Teacher assitance
- I interned and volunteered at the The Learning Center, which is a daycare located on the Contra Costa College Campus. I aided the teacher of a preschool class.
- Secretary Assitant
- I aided the Secretary of the school by organizing papars, answering phone calls, sending a receiving important documents to teachers and helped passed out free lunch to students.
- Leadershiop
- I represented my graduating class and report to them about the events, clubs and certain activities that are going on in the school. I report to them about progress reports, rally, prom, and other various activites. When it comes to voting for rally color
- Recyclemore
- My role was to recruit volunteers from different high schools from my district to volunteer for the 10th Annual Earth Day.
Experience
- cashier
- Obanke Beauty Supply
- 2005 to 2008
- My family owns a beauty supply store, so most of the time I come to help my parents after school. While my mom is doing somebody's hair, my job is being the cashier, organizing the products, cleaning, watching and helping the customers and so much more.
- Volunteer Manager
- Recyclemore
- 2009 to 2009
- I worked on recruiting student volunteers from different high schools to volunteer for this years Earth Day located in Richmond, California
- Math Mentor
- USC Readers Plus
- 2009 to
- I currently tutor a fourth grade student in multiplicatons, divisons, and fractions at Norwood Street Elementary and help more elementary students with their homework at their afterschool program.
Education
- College
- University of Southern California
- to Now
Specialties & Skills
I can speak a little igbo, which is my Nigerian native language; I have computer science skills and have designed a website before. I know how to braid hair. I know how to crochet material, which makes me very creative in make certain things for people.
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
July 25
Background
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Hometown:
LOS ANGELES
Interests
- Engineering
- Management
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Technician
Favorites
- Movies:
step up & step up 2, the notebook, all the harry potter movies, the mummy, the messenger, scary movie 4, remember the titans, coach carter, love&basketball, love don't cost a thing, underclassmen, rush hour1&2, fast&furious, 2 fast 2 furious, Ray, the gru
- TV Shows:
That So Raven, America Next Top Model, The Real World, College Hill, Making the Band, Baldwin Hills, The Family Guy, girlfriends,
- Music:
Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Jordan Sparks, The D.E.Y, Gym Class Hero, P-Square, Akon, The Pack, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Day 26, Fergie, Danity Kane, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna and so much more
- Websites:
myspace, facebook, zinch, aol, yahoo
- Quotes:
- Books:
The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter books, No Longer At Ease, Seniors
