The Story Behind the Peer Leader: Who I Am, What I’ve Faced, Who I Was, Who I’ve Become, What I’ve Been Given, and What We Can Create

Sharing my story helps me define the potential and true power of Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL). This program is more than just facilitating learning. It is mentoring, coaching, relating, and shaping minds. Two years after I started serving as a Peer Leader, I am a different student and a different person than I once was. I have grown as a person, having to meet, work, and study with talented individuals. I have learned more ways to succeed. I have learned how to ask for help; and – very importantly – I’ve learned when to do so. Part of this story is to make sure the following goals are shared with my PLTL workshop students and the PLTL community: networking and finding a support system. As a Peer Leader, I want to see my students – and students everywhere – succeed, not just in chemistry but in all their classes. I want every student to have the same or better resources than I once had. PLTL makes that happen and has made me a better person. I share my experience of what this program has given me and what it could possibly give others too. PLTL can be the difference that helps students succeed.