Since March of 2020, Covid-19 has come a long way and seems to be slowly going away. This assignment shows us some of the struggles students have had to face and how they overcame Covid-19 hardships. In particular, we hear from Caswell Leadership Fellows, Meredith Lloyd and Lily Smyth on how they created their impact project and how Covid-19 was a burden in that process. 

Meredith Lloyd, a 2020-2021 fellow, launched the Yellow Brick Project to help underprivileged kids in low income areas have the tools they need to go on their path to college. Her program was implemented at McElvaney Commons for their engaged Dallas Program. Meredith wanted a sense of purpose during Covid-19 and always valued higher education so this was an extremely fulfilling project for her to see these kids go to college. Meredith is the first image pictured below (credit to Meredith). 

2021-2022 fellow, Lily Smyth is currently in the process of launching her project, clean@smu, a clean beauty platform and organization. Clean@smu will promote all about clean beauty and a clean lifestyle regarding you and the environment around you. While clean@smu has already established itself on social media, the official launch will happen in the fall of 2022. Lily is the second image pictured below (credit to Lily). 

Watch the video above to learn more! You can also find a short video on Twitter.