Brief Bio

1. Aleksandra Nowak & Ola Nowak

4. Hobbies
● photography
● swimming
● traveling
● acting
● working in a team
● (and recently) coding
● learning languages ( recently Spanish)
● discovering what unknown ( ancient history, technical innovations, what
can I make from avocado etc. …)
● reading biographies
● watching animations

5. Traveling&Photography

6. Civic experience
● Being a volunteer in a Chicago marathon
● Working with children, helping them with homework (
mathematics)
● Cleaning parks and streets (environmental actions)
Aims
● help to reduce inequality and give a chance for people
who wasting their potential ( because they do not
believe in themselves or life treat them to hard)

7. What is the most pressing civic
issue facing your community ?
Since I am kind of fresh I my recent community ( I moved to Chicago 3 months
ago ) I did not have occasion to face many problems. However, I noticed one
thing that have to be changed. The number of people on the streets, sleeping
under the bridges. Especially right now, when winters comes to Chicago.
Some of those people had hard time and need a hand, place to stay, job to
start with or program which will give them particular skill. We have potential
which is wasted on the streets. More and more younger people starts to beg for
money. For someone is a short-cut but for someone is just great belief that they
cannot achieve anything or knowledge that nobody care about them.
Sometimes belief in those people and incentive is enough to make an inpact.

9. Why I wanted to join i.c.stars?
● I am a member of i.c.stars because I feel that I need a mentor, and
somebody who will shape me that I will be able to influence other people in
the future.
● To learn how I can help people and where help is essential.
● I see endless potential in technology. It develops our civilization.
● Coding is logic and addictive.
● I like the idea that I will have a skill, so whatever happen in the future once
I will learn coding it will be my protection ( you always find a job in this
field).
● I like learning.
● To cooperate with smart, hard-working people.