Alina Peon '22
"The big push for student activism was what attracted me the most about ±¬ÁϹÏ. This is a campus where students use their passion to change things. My passion is running and I wanted to encourage people to cherish running and see it as a medium to build community and lift each other up."
Mawrters define success on their own terms and lift up others as they make a meaningful difference in the world.
Alina Peon '22 of Boca Raton, Fla., who is majoring in international studies and concentrating in economic development, is making a difference with an on-campus club she founded called the Laid Back Runners Club (LBRC).
Alina created LBRC alongside her friend Sophie Khanna '23. The club welcomes all types of runners, regardless of experience level or pace, and hosts weekly runs and monthly fundraising run/walk events. Early in the fall semester the group teamed with another student group, the BMC chapter of the Ignite Collective, to raise $1.3k for the independent student organization Bi-Co Mutual Aid. During November, LBRC fund raised for Sunrise Day Camps, a cost-free camp for children with pediatric cancer.
"There is a lot of privilege in running, in having the time, equipment and an able-body that allows us to go out on a run," says Alina. "We chose to host monthly fundraisers to address this privilege and to remind ourselves how important it is to cherish community through doing what we love to do".
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