Hi, I am Lanie Carter I have lived in Coeur d’Alene Idaho, my whole life. I attended Lake City High School. I have been a part of the Lake City Golf team for the past four years and the Student Council for the past two years. I am very involved within the school and community I enjoy helping out the community and planning events for the students in our school. I love helping out the students building relationships with them and getting their opinions on what needs to change in our schools and what would make schools more enjoyable and less stressful affecting students' mental health. I have been a part of putting on a mental health awareness week that brings in people from the community to talk to students in need during their lunches and it seems to help students reach out more for help and support for anything that might be happening in their lives. School is not just for learning it is for the relationships you build. My dream is to become a school counselor. The steps to become a school counselor are to attend secondary schooling. I will be attending Boise State University, I will be attending there for the first four years to obtain a degree in psychology to help further my education and continue to get my masters in counseling. This will take me six years of college and a lot of time and money to complete my goals of helping out the community by helping out students in need, helping them with academic success and or mental health issues that are keeping them from achieving academic success. This will benefit me and the people in the community by providing help for young students who are having trouble with mental health helping these students could even benefit their parents and bring light to mental illnesses and get everyone in the community the help they need so nobody goes unseen, and there is help for everyone even if they don’t want the help. Mental health has been a big thing for my family and friends so I dream that nobody goes unseen or unheard and I want to help so this is the best thing that I thought of to help out my family, friends, and community by bringing the light to our community and this is one of the best ways to complete my dream is being the help our community needs. I hope to bring light to mental health while I complete my dream.