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Hi! I’m Max, and I’m an incoming senior high student from Reedley International School in the Philippines!
As a Founder of the Global Bridge Program, my goal is to create a bigger impact to communities on a national and global scale.
One of my missions in life is to try to make this world a better place to live in any way I could.
That mission lead me to begin my journey to help students who need to walk two hours to school in a remote village in Bacolod, Philippines. I began my own small business and sold candles to use a portion of the profit to buy slippers. The reason why I am so passionate about helping those kids out is because I am a student who hopes that other students will still keep their drive to go to school. I really admire those kids for willingly getting up everyday to walk hours just to learn.
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Since COVID-19 happened, I realized that a lot of people are struggling to adjust to online classes. In order to help, I decided to make a blog to discuss topics regarding school, self development, business tips, and more. Through this, I can help other students through this pandemic with surviving school and more.
To help more on other platforms, I created an Instagram account (@wealthtothemax) and a podcast (Growing with Max). On the Instagram account, I help people achieve a successful mindset and share some business tips to aspiring entrepreneurs! On the other hand, the podcast is another platform I use to spread more tips and tricks to help fellow students.
I know that with the values, training, and passion from GIN, anyone who joins will be inspired to go beyond what they think is their limitations in terms of helping.
That’s why I’m really excited to beGIN this school year with GIN as a founder and also having a GIN Club in school! I believe that everyone needs GIN in their life in order to make this world a better place to live in.