GCAPP’s Communication & Development Intern, Senquaesha Parks, is a recent Georgia State University
graduate
and a hometown success. She is one of the new faces featured in just released commercials for Student Success Alliance (SSA) of Walton County, formerly Communities in Schools. SSA provides basic needs, life skills, and moral support to youth for a healthier future.
“It is truly an honor to be featured as a Walton County success, nevertheless this is just a beginning!” says Parks. She describes working at GCAPP as a full circle experience as she helps young people find some of the same important services and resources she needed and used growing up. Parks is an active volunteer in her hometown of Monroe. She volunteers with the FISH4Kids Summer Feeding Program. She packages and delivers lunches to numerous neighborhood children who may otherwise go without. At GCAPP, she is working across departments to plan “Wake Up Walton” a community breakfast brainstorm to share GCAPP’s work and resources with the community that has given her so much and prepared her a healthy adulthood.