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Neeta Patel

Neeta Patel is a first-year student at Princeton University. Throughout her high school career, she was very involved in the Camden County 4-H Program. She went on to serve as an AmeriCorps member in the Camden County 4-H Program in 2010 and 2011. After graduating from high school in 2011, she was inspired to take a gap year in Ghana, West Africa as part of Princeton University’s Bridge Year Program. While there, she taught math and computer classes for four months to the 65 youth in a rural village. By the end of her gap year, she had raised funds of over $2000 to build a computer lab with several computers for the students to use.

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Service versus Charity

Neeta Patel is a first-year student at Princeton University. Throughout high school, Neeta made it her mission to participate in community service, regardless of her classwork. She later became an AmeriCorps member, resurrecting the 4-H Teen Council to promote the mission of leadership to a wider audience. Before attending Princeton University, she participated in the Princeton Bridge Year Program, deferring enrollment for a year and traveling to Ghana, West Africa. She volunteered at a middle school in a rural village for nine months.
October 10, 2012 at 2:01 PM ET

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