Sari Kaufman is a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. Her high school was the site of a horrific mass shooting on Valentines Day. Seventeen students and staff were killed and many others were injured. Since the shooting, Kaufman has worked alongside her friends to register thousands of voters.<\/p>\n
She says she has learned a lot about leadership in the last few months.<\/p>\n
“The most important leadership lesson is to be a leader, but not to always say that your position is a leader,” she says, adding that, especially with young people, it’s important to find common ground and find out what people really care about. She says often leaders only think about themselves, but she’s learned that true leadership is different, “it’s about what the people can do.”<\/p>\n