Community Quote by Hilda Solis

When I was a kid, I worked as a clerk at my parent's motel. From when I was eight or nine, I rented rooms,…

— Sabaa Tahir

I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14.

— Tarana Burke

I did a lot of part-time jobs in my teens including being an Avon lady, filing for an insurance company, delivering leaflets on roller…

— Michaela Strachan

In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on.…

— Seamus Heaney

At 13, I volunteered at the radio station. My first job was cleaning up when I was 17, and before I really started, they…

— Bobby Bones

I've worked with kids in a youth ministry in California.

— Kirk Franklin

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

— Paulina Porizkova

I did most of my volunteer work when I was in college because I knew of more ways to get involved. In high school,…

— Carrie Underwood

As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald's. Since then, I've held jobs a diverse as selling used…

— Therese Fowler

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

— Laurence Fishburne

I've been a nanny, I've helped raise kids.

— Tayshia Adams

I'll always be known reaching out to young people who have no one to help them out, so I help them out with a…

— Marsha P. Johnson