When Balkarn Singh Shahi looks back on his high school experience, one activity stands out – the University of ŷڱƵ Boulder’s Public Achievement program. As a student at Centaurus High School participating in the program, Shahi and peers responded to national public shootings by spearheading a public campaign to prevent gun violence. Now a sophomore at ŷڱƵ-Boulder, Shahi could not resist the opportunity to give back to the Public Achievement program , which pairs ŷڱƵ-Boulder students as coaches with groups of underrepresented K-12 students seeking solutions to their identified salient social issues. Shahi has been a Public Achievement coach, and this year he served as a teaching assistant for the corresponding civic engagement course and new class of coaches.