Here’s to the girls who always strived to be the best, who push and push themselves without taking a second to breathe. That girl is me.  My whole life I have been determined, reaching hungrily for my goals and dreams as fast as I could without stopping and when something happened that got in the […]

Several weeks ago, a fellow LEAPer, Rachel, and I spent our Saturday night watching professional bull riding (4 years spent in Texas changes you). Surprisingly, watching these men attempt this so odd but so entertaining sport really provokes some life questions. I started thinking out loud as I made a list of my top 3 […]

  My name is Lakeyia Bell. I am twenty – five year old recent college graduate from Cleveland, OH. Prior to coming to Nashville, TN, I served in the Episcopal Service Corps program located in the NJ/ New York area. I worked for a non- profit community action agency called HOPE Cap Inc. During my […]

“If your life could be an attraction at a theme park what would it be?” Growing up with a dad who tricked me to get on my first loop de loop roller coaster at the age of 10, amusement parks have been a staple in my life. We have experienced Universal Studios, Cedar Point, Six […]

Dear Future LEAP Years, I wrote a letter to future LEAP Years in early 2014 before we ever officially had a LEAP Year Intern.  As I reread that letter recently, I realized that there is really only one thing I would change as I write in late 2015: instead of referring to LEAP Years as […]