{"id":503,"date":"2021-08-10T16:51:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=503"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:51:56","slug":"helping-lead-the-tillamook-juntos-afuera-camp-is-both-challenging-and-rewarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2021\/08\/10\/helping-lead-the-tillamook-juntos-afuera-camp-is-both-challenging-and-rewarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping lead the Tillamook Juntos Afuera camp is both challenging and rewarding"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \"Hueca\n
Hueca Omeyocan, a group that performs traditional Aztec dances.<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

Hi there, Crystal Hernandez\u00a0here\u00a0with an update from the Tillamook County Extension office. As I progress further into my summer\u00a0internship,\u00a0I\u2019ve had an eventful first seven weeks. With Juntos Afuera, family nights, and my career exploration opportunities I have been able to see just how much Extension impacts our community.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Extension seeks to inform,\u00a0educate\u00a0and connect individuals, and\u00a0that is exactly what I have been able to do as a part of Juntos. We started the Juntos program this summer with Juntos Afuera,\u00a0a camp\u00a0that introduces\u00a0Latinx high school\u00a0students\u00a0to recreational activities and informs them about the\u00a0Latinx culture. So\u00a0far,\u00a0we have been kayaking\u00a0and\u00a0bird-watching,\u00a0and\u00a0we\u00a0were part of the\u00a0annual Tillamook County June\u00a0Dairy\u00a0Parade the first week of my internship. Apart from that we also had our first in-person family night at Hydrangea Ranch where Hueca Omeyocan, a group that performs traditional Aztec dances taught the families the historical importance that these dances hold in their culture. During this family night I was also able to speak with different families where they shared their interest in the Juntos program.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n \"Crystal\n
Crystal Hernandez shows Juntos Afuera campers how to make a nutritional trail mix.<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

During Juntos Afuera I\u2019ve had a leading role where I taught the campers about xempasuchil flowers,\u00a0Aztec\u00a0deities and got to explore my interest in health by introducing them to a first aid and\u00a0showing them how to make a\u00a0nutritional\u00a0trail mix. Leading these activities was a challenge but as I kept doing\u00a0them,\u00a0I slowly got more comfortable speaking to the group of campers and noticed how they are all slowly opening up to each other as well.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

I was once a member of Juntos but now that I am at the other side of it,\u00a0I get to see how much effort and logistics an event like family night requires. Having to look for food, location, entertainment, preparing decorations and advertising is not as easy as it sounds. Making all of the pieces come together has required organizational skills and communication between everyone in the team.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of my internship also gave me the opportunity to explore different careers in the health field. I was able to interview different people in the health field that have been helpful as I get closer to my start date\u00a0at OSU.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I am quickly getting through my summer\u00a0internship,\u00a0I am looking forward to the next family night that is currently being planned and getting to help the campers with their\u00a0Latinx identity projects that they will present to the Tillamook County Commissioners.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi there, Crystal Hernandez\u00a0here\u00a0with an update from the Tillamook County Extension office. As I progress further into my summer\u00a0internship,\u00a0I\u2019ve had an eventful first seven weeks. With Juntos Afuera, family nights, and my career exploration opportunities I have been able to see just how much Extension impacts our community.\u202f\u00a0 Extension seeks to inform,\u00a0educate\u00a0and connect individuals, and\u00a0that… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,85,17,16],"tags":[81,86,87,25],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-juntos","category-open-campus","category-oregon-coast","category-tillamook-county","tag-crystal-hernandez","tag-juntos","tag-open-campus","tag-tillamook-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}