Liz Aronson may have been in elementary school when she realized her dream career, but the memory is still sharp in her teenage mind. She had just spent the evening dining out with her mom and was headed back home.
“I saw a homeless person sitting down outside of the restaurant, and my first immediate thought was, ‘I have to do something about this, right?’ I looked at my mom, and I said, ‘If we have any leftovers, do you mind if we could give them to this person?’” remembered the 15-year-old from Doral. “It wasn’t the feeling of accomplishment. … It was just this act of helping others that brought joy to my heart.”
Liz, who is a rising junior at Miami Dade College’s School for the Advanced Studies, has a résumé that boasts more experience in charity and humanitarian work than most her age. She has served meals in Chapman Partnership shelters across Miami-Dade and organized donation drives for homeless people through Share Like Sisters, a service project she co-founded with her sister, Nati, last year…