Throughout school, I've always helped out fellow colleagues, even to this day. As early as 2006, I volunteered to teach English to Polish employees at the Sheraton Hotel and later went on to teach IGSCE Mathematics in English during my university years. For two years, I prepared the student for his IGSCE exams, a task which was by no means a walk in the park, considering he needed to transform all of his thinking in mathematics to English. In the end, however, I managed to pull this D/F student to achieve A's and B's (the Polish equivalent of going from a "pała" and 2's to 4's and 5's). I may not be a qualified teacher, but I like to think that this student proved I am capable of achieving results with a bit of hard work and determination.

As a result of my innate tendency to be a so-called "grammar-nazi", I used to write for the school newspaper at the British School and also went on to intern for the Warsaw Insider, a recreational magazine in Poland for foreigners. In addition, I have undertaken various translation projects and was recently chosen to participate in editting an English academic publication at my university.