NAME: Tai Revell

HOMETOWN: Hempstead/Uniondale, NY

MOTHER'S OCCUPATION: High School Business Teacher

FATHER'S OCCUPATION: Head Custodian at an Elementary School

YEAR: Freshman

RESIDENCE: Plassman

MAJOR: Marketing

MINOR: Information Systems

ACTIVITIES: BLSU, Marketing Team, Bonner Program

HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, currently work at the Long Island Children's Musuem

MOTHER'S ACTIVITIES: Future Business Leaders of America Advisor

UNIQUE FACT: I like shopping at the bookstore and buying sneakers.

COMMUNITY STORY

December 19, 2007, my friend Kareem Sapp was shot and killed. August 1, 2008, my stepbrother's brother Samuel Brown, was shot and killed. After losing two people in less than a year, I thought there has to be something that I can do. I participated in the peace marches and rallies. I decided to help the youth. While in school, I currently work at the Boys & Girls Club - Delaware Unit with the Teen Program. The teen program gives youth another alternative then being on the streets.

EDUCATION STORY

In the tenth grade, I was apart of High School Heroes - Junior Achievement. My friend and I received a kit that had certificates, workbooks, pens, and activities for to use in a elementary school classroom. For one day we were going to be the teachers. Teaching the students about business, economics, and jobs. I taught a fifth grade class and enjoyed being able to teach them new things. At the end of the day, the students were clinging on to us and did not want us to leave. Now when I am shopping at the local stores in the neighborhood, the children still remember me.