Abigail, a student aspiring to major in sociology, is pursuing various projects inspired by the questions and insights she has gained through community and volunteer experiences. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she faced a lack of direct school experiences, completing middle school entirely through online classes. Entering high school, she sought deeper community engagement and found it in marching band activities, where she came to value the importance of communication and collective growth.

These experiences led her beyond simple volunteering, helping her recognize the conflicts and imbalances that often arise in human relationships—between giver and receiver, leader and member, organizer and participant. Her medical volunteer work in Cebu further deepened this perspective, connecting her reflections to the fundamental question: What is right volunteering?

Abigail seeks to analyze such issues through a sociological lens and the philosophy of the Doctrine of the Mean, exploring balanced ways of problem-solving. Through this, she founded Abigail Community Lab, a platform that not only promotes right volunteering and meaningful relationships, but also pursues the dual value of giving and learning—creating a space where service becomes both contribution and growth.