User:Goldilocs/CIcely Renee Carr

Cicely Renee Carr was born September 10, 1984 to Gezelle V. Carr. Cicely was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN.

Cicely was the only child but knew the feeling of having brothers and sisters. She was very close to her cousins which some lived with her while growing up.

Cicely was an average student making few A's, many B's and C's and of course your occasional D's. She participated in extracurricular activities more in High School and College. She attended Benjamin Banneker elementary school in Minneapolis. Then North Community High School where she completed the Summatech Magnet program in 2003. Then she went to Southwest Minnesota State University for two years then transferred and graduated from Metropolitan State University earning a B.S. in Business Administration in December 2008.

After finishing her degree she felt like she was missing something or she was not doing something that needed to be done. She signed up for on the AmeriCorps Site to become a full time volunteer.

She was accepted to the City Year Program as a founding Corps Member for the City of Miami in Sept, 2008. She loved her work and applied for a second year. She was accepted and became a Team Leader for the 2009/2010 year in the Overtown Community.

She recently moved back to Minneapolis and will be attending Southwest MN State University as a Grad Assistant earning an MBA with a focus in Leadership August 2010