Interview For A Community Leader Interview

I have seen both her mother’s and her struggles with oppression, subordination and exclusion, their fights for services and funding and their struggles with day-to-day life. I was an involved member of their family and so their struggles touched me deeply, the fight for social justice and acceptance is one that will take a very long time within the Australian community; nonetheless, it is already a personal value of mine. My values are now ones of equality for all, social inclusion, respect, and dignity and worth, and social justice for all.

Overall, my interview with Mari Jo Turner worked out better than I had anticipated, she was able to deal with me for 30 mins and explain the history of how the Hispanic League took a lead in our society. I was fortunate enough to have experienced many of their events and programs. The passion and devotion the staff members, board members, and the executive director display are performances not taken for granted nor will it because you can experience the testimonies of other Hispanic/Latinos that have been touched by this organization. I could tell Mrs. Turner cares about what she does to enhance the academic performance of the Hispanic/Latino students and its community. She is passionate and devoted to her job regardless of the obstacles they

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our church parisinors, Ms. Maria. Ms. Maria is 75 years old Hispanic woman who has been a widow for the past three years. Ms. Maria was basically a stay at home Mom when her children were young and when she did work she worked as an assembly line worker. Her wages were low and her pension that she currently receives is not enough to meet her monthly needs. Her husband was the main bread winner prior to him dieing of a massive heart attack at the age of 78 while he was at work. Her husband was a cook in a resturanrt and had decied to continue to work until some of their loans were paid off. Since his death, Ms. Maria has been depressed, anxious and struggling to make ends meet and has recently been diagnosed with hypertension. Her three children live out of state a don’t get to visit often.

I started off the interview by getting to know a little bit more about Schelzia. She received her undergraduate degree from Baylor University which is a private Christian university and a nationally raked research institution, located in Texas. She also received her graduate degree in educational administration from Texas A&M University. When she moved out to Wisconsin, she applied to UW-Waukesha and has been working in her current position for almost two years. She applied to this position because one thing that peaks her interest is student retention.

Ms. Wilson has always been viewed as a leader on campus and in her community. She continued to position herself in leadership roles that assist the community. Ms. Wilson utilizes her creativity and personal experience to give back to the community. Her knowledge of resources in the Oklahoma Metro has allowed Ms. Wilson to provide excellent services to her clients.

Umpqua Community College (UCC) is a public community college in Douglas County in Southwestern Oregon, established in 1964 by a vote of its residents. It is the only post-secondary educational provider in Douglas County. Its mission is to make quality comprehensive post-secondary education affordable and accessible to district residents. UCC offers Transfer programs, Career and Technical Education, Community Education, Adult Basic Education, Workforce Development, and serves as a cultural and recreational center for the community.

The past couple semesters we have focused on theories, techniques, role-plays, etc. However, I think learning more about the human services profession as a whole is extremely beneficial. For this assignment, I conducted an interview with a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) named Joshua Feinberg at Chestnut Ridge Hospital. Joshua has been working as a social worker for four years. He enjoys the counseling aspect more than anything as being a social worker. At Chestnut Ridge Hospital, LICSW are technically called a “Clinical Therapist”. They are called clinical therapists because they mostly do counseling at this facility. During the course of the interview, the questions focused on the professional roles, positives, negatives,

Ms. Melissa Arena, RHIT, CHC, HIM Manager and Corporate Compliance Officer at St. Ann’s Community in Rochester, NY, was interviewed on December 7, 2015. The interview started with asking Ms. Arena if she could talk a little bit about herself and what her position is. She continued to say that her current position was her second career, she was a mortgage loan processor back in the 80’s and 90’s. Ms. Arena had gotten laid off from three separate mortgage companies before she realized she needed a different career and college career in order to be successful. Being a single mother of two early teenage girls, Ms. Arena was holding two part time jobs and doing the HIT program took her 5 years to complete as well as another year before she was able to feel comfortable to sit in for the exam. There was an interest in finding out how long she had been in her position and when asked, she stated that she was in Corporate Compliance Officer since 2011, as an HIM Manager since March of 2002 and by the SAC HIM Department since 2000 as a part time file clerk.

In today’s rapid changing world, leaders are very pertinent, especially in the field of nursing. Good nursing leaders have the ability to provide direction, facilitate structure to reach goals, and cohesiveness throughout team members. Leader by definition is “someone who uses interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish specific goals” (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 329). On the other hand a manager is different. Their goal is geared toward being responsible and accountable for the goals of the organization. Below is the summary of an interview with L.A. Patient Care Manager of Endoscopy/ Special

The reason I choice to interview Michelle is because I have been with her for most of her journey in getting to her dream job. Razo is our Human resource assistant, but is working to become our onsite human resource one day. Her ultimate goal is to have her own human resource consultant business. She feels it would help her community out to help the small businesses that cannot afford an onsite HR manager. She started off in the medical field as a manager for a billing office, there she learned the hardship people

Dorothy McFerrin’s answers during our interview about being an authentic leader confirmed my perception of her authenticity. Her commitment to community service and her unending dedication to seeking opportunities to better those communities was inspiring. I was overwhelmed with excitement in the fact that she would take the time to answer questions to help a Texas A&M student complete an assignment. Just another example of her taking the time to communicate and lead through focusing on the needs of others. I am grateful for this learning experience and her focus on taking risk and generating small wins has motivated me to want to step out and serve others. I appreciate her convictions to her values and I could be an authentic follower because

My two main key contacts were Azia Gutierrez, executive assistant and volunteer coordinator, and Caitlyn Pittman, director of the W.T. Johnson Club. According to the Leadership Grid, Ms. Gutierrez exhibited qualities of a sound leader while Ms. Pittman exhibited qualities of

On September 18, 2015 I interviewed Mrs. Anisha Nix at Ted’s Montana Grill in Downtown Decatur, Georgia at 5:48pm. Mrs. Nix is a Family Consultant Supervisor at the DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center. I interviewed Mrs. Nix, not only for the position that she holds but also because she did not start off with a degree in social work or sociology. Before Anisha took an interest in social services, she gained her masters in Biology from Spelman College. Once done with her undergrad Ms. Nix decided that she would pursue and ultimately gain her Masters in Social Work at Georgia State University, then continue on to become a licensed Social Worker. As the Supervisor of the Advocacy Center, it is her job to supervise the Family Consultants at the

I’ve consistently been engaged in the national fight against educational disparities in the collegiate student of color population. Not only in my formal education and career history, but also my personal life has been committed to exploring solutions to problems created within dynamics of multiculturalism, identity and social injustice. This is why I know the Multicultural Academic Advisor position is the perfect next professional step growing my career in student services and deepening my commitment of upholding my fraternal credo to uplift through enlightenment & education. My undergraduate education consisted of a combined media and cultural studies course history as an Afro-American Studies and Communication Arts major. This collective pair resulted in acquired cross-cultural relationship values and investments of personal identity sensitivity training including experiences with diverse people from different geographical, theological, and ideological backgrounds. Researching Afro-American Studies and Media Studies simultaneously required me to engage in scholastic discussion exploring the implications and effects race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age and appearance not only have on my personal worldview but also that of other people in my community. Courses and seminars such as the Student Intercultural Dialogues Course or Ethnic Fest Celebration, Multicultural Conference On Race & Ethnicity, Race & Gender In America or

Conducting the two interviews in the Chicago Lawn area, it broadens my knowledge about this area and its history. These interviews also took me back to when I was growing up and heard about the racism that took place in this area. However, on a positive note, I enjoyed meeting these new people. While interviewing Theresa McKinney it was very enlightening on how she was very friendly and welcoming. Theresa and I had a short conversation about her life before the recording took place. Theresa spoke about how she had been on drugs most of her adult years. She stated she was around twenty-six when she spirals out on drugs. Theresa has four children all young men now and they were care for by her sisters. Theresa stated that she was raped outside