Tell story of suite 300 guys. Say it was a funny little thing to start off with and I am going to talk about how the RA role has affected me and contributed to my growth and then say I will go on to talk about how functioning in the role of RA has allowed me to more positively impact the people I interact with- and it's not just my residents

This is what I feel like after one year of being an RA. An almost butterfly. You can tell it's undergone this incredible transformation and you can see it's going to come out of it even more beautiful than it already was as a happy caterpillar. But just wait for it. When it's out in its full beauty, you'll be astonished. It's still got more to show.
-I've learned about social justice issues and developed this way

What I can offer to the team, coming up with ideas from what I have at my fingertips, resourceful

Me learning the RA position and everything that comes with it, and my residents coming to college and me striving to make that transition the most comfortable and enjoyable as possible

Everything I have done this year has been with my residents in mind whether it be volunteering to keep Unplugged going this year when there were no original plans for it with the dining hall gone, or whether it be personally reading their resumes and talking to them and doing one on ones even thought they're not required, but if residents want to meet, I buy them food at PC with triton cash

I have become a resource and I strive to put my knowledge out there. One of the biggest things for me is mental health. I am extremely concerned and I genuinely care about the mental health of everyone I know and to have an entire building of first year students looking up to me and an entire college seeing me as a leader gives me the platform to make positive change in the way people think and act on a daily basis. Bringing a smile to someone's face changes their moment, changes their brain waves, changes their day, their week, their life.

Mental health relates largely to the know check be philosophy and this is a massive reason why I am so in love with this college and feel so at home here after spending less than 1 year here. The feeling of being in this space is just different and I want to be someone who helps get that feeling to others.