Personal Narrative: Asha

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

Ronda you continue to handle legislative, central office and local inquires accurately and proficiently. Ronda you provide accurate information concerning the progress of the Rev Team to me and our Bureau Chief and you provide training to new staff and refresher training to seasoned staff as needed. Ronda you assist the APS supervisors in my absence, you have assisted with supervising

Throughout my time as a young adult I have had countless amounts of people tell me that they see me as a leader. They told me that I have the traits and the skills of someone who can have success in leadership positions. Truthfully, I never really understood what they meant. I knew that I was a good public speaker, but I never really understood what else I had. In high school I was always put in leadership positions whether it was an officer of the National Honor Society or captain of my sport teams, but I never really understood what drove me to attain those positions. I continued my quest for leadership positions in high school with every student organization I joined. Whether it was Pi Kappa Phi fraternity or Dance Marathon I felt the need to prove to others that I can more than just a member, but a leader. It wasn’t until I took this class that I truly understood what made me a leader. Because of this class I was able to better understand what are my leadership traits, my leadership styles, and how I use those in order to attain and succeed in leadership positions. Throughout this paper I will explain how Career Leadership Academy allowed me to realize what made me a leader and analyze the ways to improve at my future leadership positions.

In the Fall of 2014 I became an RA, Resident Assistant, a position longed for since I entered as a student at Landmark College, a college for students with learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. I went into the job aspiring to help other students and build upon the close knit and friendly community that was already in place. My job was to ensure the safety and security of all residents, refer students to appropriate services on campus, and run and plan programs alongside two other RA’s and a Resident Dean.

Ms. Busano has been a returning Residential Assistant for a little over two years and every year it is noticeable that she strives harder and harder to ensure that her quality of customer service and active leadership role expands. For example, my first semester as being a newly on-boarded RA, I struggled

As a brand-new Resident Assistant, the experience of shadowing behind the duty desk in Heritage with current RAs was the first time that it hit me that I’m really going to be an RA this upcoming Fall semester. It gave me a sort of excitement throughout the whole time I was there. I was able to experience first-hand what it is really going to be like to be an RA. To some of the residents it might seem like a simple job, but in reality it is so much more difficult than it looks – all the policies and regulations that RAs have to follow, uphold and enforce can be a little overwhelming, but I was assured that it all comes with practice.

My current resident assistant was unavailable to interview because he is usually a very busy and had a deadline coming up tomorrow, so instead I interviewed an RA that was working at the Willkie. His name was Vasu and he was super open with me about being an RA. He was really honest too, he said that the process of becoming an RA was and is hard and that it is a very competitive process.

Knowing how to collaborate and work well with others on staff is essential in maintaining a safe, positive community. In addition, through my history of community work, I have realized the importance of being a dedicated, contributing member of whatever team I am a part of. This same notion can be applied to being becoming a Resident Assistant. By doing my part efficiently, it allows others to do theirs’ efficiently as well, and through this, the chain of progress and success continues, as unit. Being a positive and respectful teammate allows not only myself to progress in my job position, but allows the entire ResLife Department to progress as

The session was open by the Lynne Thomas, Chief Executive Officer. According to Lynne, in order to be part of the workforce, students should to be reliable and have personal value and volunteer. Lynne also encouraged students to be part of the networking in order to be recognized. Ann Li, a RHIA who graduated in 2015, gave her testimony on being a student and volunteer. Her being part of the student leadership committee opened up many doors to her carrier so, she did encourage us student to be engage and be known by joining the

“Going to college was just an excuse to go find me a husband but don’t tell anyone,” Marianna said laughing fixing up her earpiece. Leaving her mom at the train station sobbing, she went off to Tabor College in Kansas. When she entered college all of her emotions hit her at once she felt nervous but, she also felt excited to start a new chapter in her life. Entering college was one of those moments when you have the spotlight on you and you feel everyone is judging you .Luckily she had one of the closest friends you can possibly have, a sister. That’s when her and her sister’s journey began.

I am the oldest. There are four of us. Tamar, who does everything right. Avital who is always in trouble. Carmel who acts like she is two years old. And me. Everyone says we look so alike. They think we are four quiet, well behaved girls who get along great. That’s not always the case. And we are more different than you would think.

Aileana and I made plans to jog along the beach and then go out surfing today. We decided to meet on the beach around nine this morning. I thought I would surprise her later with something different she would delight in. I wanted this to be a special day of having fun and enjoying each other. She now felt up to exercise. Her ribs still gave her a few twinges when taking deep breaths, but her face was back to its beautiful contours with her lush lips back to their kissable self.

Last year in 6th grade, I met a girl named Ayanna. When I first met her, she was really quiet, but then quickly became outspoken.

So you may be wondering why the RA Selection Committee is reaching out to you and that’s a great question. The thing is we have RA Signing Day coming up for the RAs and we would like to be able to introduce you to your staff. Now I know your thinking, Michael I can’t very well leave because of this that and the other, but here’s the fun part! We want you to make a short video introducing yourself

I was born in Hong-kong and raised in Nepal which is in South Asia between India and China. Throughout my childhood and adult life, I've experienced many cultural differences. But the vague dissimilarity I felt was when I moved to Minnesota on 25th Jan 2005. It was so foreign but yet intriguing in a way that made me curious, anxious and eager to learn.