For my capstone, I decided to design and organize a girls’ group that would not only benefit me but also empower the females in the group. Creating this project was a challenge, like coming up with a group name, choosing different females, keeping the students engaged in the group, and selecting topics. Over the weeks, I had to organize many different topics, questions, rules, and boundaries, and choose females who would like to join. Choosing the females was a little difficult, but to do so, I made a flyer that represented and showed all of the details for the group, which included the name, the place, and time, a description, and how many females were needed for this group. Overall, the group was a major success, and everyone benefited in any way possible. The girls gained a lot of self-esteem, and I developed and grew in many different skills, such as communication, motivation, and confidence.

For my capstone, I decided to put on a fashion show with two other classmates. Over a couple of months, we decide the theme for the show would be springtime and the flowers that bloom. Thinking of a theme took us some time because we had to keep in mind our time, budget, and skills, but we were up for the challenge either way. While still planning our theme, we wanted to stay on schedule by selecting other students who wanted to participate in our show by putting up “models wanted” posters all around the school. After 2 weeks, we collected our posters and held auditions, choosing 10 models. The following week, we took all the models’ measurements to prepare for making their outfits. As a team we discussed that the best way to balance the workload was by assigning three outfits to create among the three of us. This was very helpful so that I could get their outfits done while still working on other things for school. This process of planning and creating has led us to the fashion show to be held on May 23rd, 2025.

For my capstone project, I worked with six of my peers to teach children in the 6th grade on strategic thinking when it comes to gaming. We figured that bringing critical thinking into board games would be a great interactive experience between us and the kids. I learned about the children’s passion and interests, being born in so many years apart, learning these was much easier, summarizing and breaking down concepts to be easier to grasp. The process had rough points in the beginning, with teaching the kids being more strategy-based instead of just going all in, but by the end, all the children got the hang of it.