Nawnora Manosca

Every day, I try to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education. I serve my family, my school, and my community. Service has become part of me, part of my core. I can't imagine a life that without helping someone.

If you don't see me with a large group of people exploring Center City, then I most likely have my face burried in a book. I love to laugh and the best way to do that is suround myself with geuinely "punny" people. Talking to others and diving into another person's life is the way I can keep in touch with reality.

I do what it takes to keep busy so that I can add to my ever-growing life portfolio. The stories that I want to gain have the purpose for me to leave a mark in history, rather than a scar.

I’ve dedicated three years of my high school career to serving my community, and I intend to dedicate the rest of my life to it as a career choice.

I have gone on an amazing journey almost half way around the world this past summer to Malawi, and it changed my life forever. A select few of students from the non-profit organization BuildOn went to one of the most under-developed countries in the world, and started the construction of a new school to provide children in the remote village of Mlanga with a better environment in which they can learn and grow.

Education means a chance to get healthcare, a way to prevent disease, a new job, and so much more for the people we encountered. I was stripped of my girly luxuries, but this the experience of indulging in another lifestyle has redirected my path in life.