Personal Narrative: The Virginia Park Service

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Just a few degrees… we stared at the tilted ground in the searing sun, our sweat dripping onto the parched earth. After eight hours, slaving away at the path, our masterpiece was complete. We successfully carved a bike pump track from the carnage of a dying forest. However, our overseer saw our masterpiece as dangerously sloped. Our spirits sank as he promised another day of sweltering labor. The Virginia Park Service manages the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a program working for three weeks in a state park with ten girls and no electronics. I was excited to serve my community and the environment. I assumed other applicants felt the same. Soon after my arrival, I realized my mistake. As varied as our backgrounds, ages, and ethnicities were,

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