The Team Up Challenge moment that changed Jose Medellin was meeting a fourth-grader named Maria.
Medellin, a junior at the University of Texas-San Antonio two years ago, signed up to be a Team Up Challenge Scholar and mentor students through TUC, which teaches kids civic responsibility through hands-on learning and service projects.
Medellin met Maria at Northwest Crossing Elementary school, where they made take-home meals for students who wouldn’t have enough food to eat during the weekend otherwise.
“I saw a reflection of my story in Maria,” Medellin said. “My parents came to America to give me a better life, and so did hers.