Hi! My name is Nick Genkinger, and I am very excited to be working and playing with your children as well as guiding them through various fun and faith-filled activities this summer.  I am currently a Senior at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School and next year I plan on either attending the University of Pittsburgh or Providence College where I will major in Biology on a pre-med track.  Throughout all four years of high school I have played basketball, baseball, and ran cross country. Outside of organized sports, I also love to play ultimate frisbee, spikeball, and ping pong.

I love working with children and these past two years I have been on two amazing service trips to help children.  One was to Worcester, Massachusetts going into my Junior year where I got to help at a daycare for underprivileged children and we taught them various Christian songs, helped them throughout daily lessons, and played games with them. This past winter I went on a school trip down to Peru where we helped at an orphanage outside of Cusco.  We helped paint at the orphanage and do various other chores and played plenty of soccer with the children. These experiences were life-changing for me and helped grow my love for working with children which have helped inspire my career path of wanting to be a pediatrician. The picture is me in front of Machu Picchu wearing a classic Peruvian llama sweater.