My travel abroad experience Down Under in Tasmania and Australia

---This is The University of Arizona's Native SOAR submission for the 2015 First Lady Near-Peer Mentoring College Video Challenge-- Visit the Native SOAR website at: http://nativesoar.wix.com/native-soar-ua#!meet-don/ctvq NATIVE SOAR (Student Outreach, Access, and Resiliency) at The University of Arizona in Tucson is a service-learning program where college students mentor Native American high school students. The Native SOAR program is designed where University of Arizona (UA) Native American college students mentor Native American high school students. The high school students are selected by their high schools to participate because of their interest in attending college and their high academic achievements. The high school students participation requires him/her to attend one-on-one meetings with their mentor. One-on-one meetings will take place at the child’s high school during a time that is convenient for both, the UA mentor and mentee. Alongside its mentoring aspect, Native SOAR also encourages families to take part in this experience by participating in our Campus Visits. The campus visits and one-on-one mentoring are designed to encourage and motivate college-going by providing strategies on how to navigate the college experience and processes. Native SOAR Campus Visits entail a day full of useful information, food, and fun! The first on campus visit will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 and the second will be on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Through their own experiences the Native SOAR mentors present innovative and engaging workshops on topics such as what high school students and their families could to prepare for college. In all of its operations, Native SOAR maintains much respect and inclusion for the diversity of cultures and traditions of all Native American communities we serve. The Family Education Model (FEM) and the eight pillars of the American Indian Well-Being Model are pivotal to the program and services Native SOAR offers.

Prices of items are about 2-4 times more expensive in Nome than in the lower 48 states.

How Kia from Zuni and I process COVID-19 as Indigenous students and community members.