Sheldahl, who works as a school tour guide for potential students, tutors for the not-for-profit Operation Progress Fort Worth and is part of a trainee church group. Fort Worth Report).

An email jump-started 3 Texas Christian University trainees' mentorship careers.

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After Amaya Castillo, 21, Ariana Sheldahl, 20, and Natalie Ridge, 20, received an email from the university's Department of Criminology & & Criminal Justice looking for mentors for the not-for-profit Operation Progress Fort Worth, the 3 embraced the concept.

" It is a program that develops those relationships in between underserved neighborhoods and the local cops department," Ridge said. "It's an excellent method to be involved with something criminal justice-related without it being simply a routine internship.".

Ridge, a junior at TCU, began volunteering with Operation Progress Fort Worth because she thought it would be an excellent method to engage with the Fort Worth neighborhood outside of the university school.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, Sheldahl and schoolmates Amaya Castillo, 21, and Natalie Ridge, 20, tutor for the nonprofit Operation Progress Fort Worth. Executive Director Myeshia Smith stated the nonprofit's founding was the outcome of a see to Los Angeles by Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes and Texas Christian University Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Johnny Nhan. Fort Worth Report).

For Ridge, the mentorship has actually been mind-blowing.

" I still don't totally know what I wish to do within the criminal justice field, however this has given me a little direction. And I believe that I want to do something related to juvenile justice and dealing with kids," Ridge said.

Sheldahl wants to be a certified scientific social employee, and tutoring in the Como neighborhood has assisted her see some of the unfavorable youth experiences of students in underserved neighborhoods.

" It's absolutely given me this perspective, and it's something that I actually desire. To attempt to make that change," Sheldahl said. "I feel like my role in the community is truthfully promoting for programs like this.".

Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement reporter at the Fort Worth Report. At the Fort Worth Report, news choices are made individually of our board members and monetary fans.

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