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When first introduced to the senior project program at Drew while watching the presentations my freshman year, it was then that I began to wonder what it would be that I was presenting on when it was finally my time to do so. Since that moment almost 4 years ago, I have had many ideas, and grown as a person, which has allowed to to make a decision on what it is I want to pursue for those three weeks in May. In the beginning of my Junior Year at Drew, I made a big decision  to start eating healthy, stop eating too much, and exercise more. During that initial 6 months of transformation, and my continual strive for peace with health, food has become one of my passions. While most people spend their time on the internet browsing Facebook, I'm constantly looking for a new dinner recipe, reading articles about nutrition benefits, and finding more ways to increase my balance between food, exercise, and most importantly, my body. While becoming immersed into my new lifestyle, I couldn't help but want to share it with my family, friends, teachers, and even people I had just met. It caused my to wonder why other people were choosing to live the couch potato life indoors, while I was as happy as I had ever been in my life, and all because of food. As my own personal transformation turned into a passion of also helping others. As time has passed since December 2011, my interest in wanting to help others understand nutrition has increased as well. In spending a year learning about myself and my gravitation to help others, it seemed perfect that I would focus my senior project on food justice. 

As I have been thinking about this project since last school year, and throughout first semester, I originally thought I would want to intern with a nutritionist. The more I thought about it, the less fun spending 3 weeks in a medical building sounded. I didn't really know where else to go from there, until Dr. Kidder sent me a link to a program called Revolution Foods. The serve healthy meals and teach life long healthy living to underprivileged elementary school students throughout the country, including students in the Bay Area. At this point in my senior project evolving, I would like to be able spend time with Revolution Foods to understand more of what they are doing to make a difference. 

In order to to see if this project is viable, I need to:

1. Research more about Revolution Foods

2. Figure out how to contact them or call them and ask if allowing me to intern would be something they would be willing to do. 

3. Think more about what I want to accomplish in my overall project

4. Think more about my essential question

5. Research studies that show correlation between nutrition and academic performance.