Activities

Texas A&M Mock Trial | September 2016-March 2020

When I got to Texas A&M, I was seeking a competitive debate organization to mirror the one I was a member of in high school. At the school activities fair, I was unable to locate the debate representatives, but I did find the Texas A&M Mock Trial booth. I signed up for an audition, made the team, and have not looked back since. Mock Trial is a competition-based organization that allows students to act as attorneys and witnesses and try simulated cases across the country. After my freshman year, I was elected Secretary for the coming year. As Secretary, I worked with the other members of the officer board to coordinate outreach to over 200 students during auditions and plan tournament strategies for our teams. After my sophomore year, I was elected to be President of the organization and made it a point to improve our competitive and professional reputation across the circuit. Under my leadership that year, the team qualified for the Open Round Championship Series, the second most challenging level of competition, for only the second time ever and to the National Championship tournament, the most challenging level of competition, for the first time in Texas A&M history. At nationals, we were awarded the Spirit of the American Mock Trial Association Award for our professionalism and courtesy at the competition. After my junior year, I was once again elected to serve as President. This past March, March 2020, our team once again qualified for the Open Round Championship Series. In my time in Mock Trial I won multiple individual attorney awards, our team won several awards, and Texas A&M Mock Trial jumped by over 100 spots in its national ranking. While in Mock Trial, I met some of my best friends and developed strong professional skills, including teamwork, lifelong learning, leadership, and communication.

Student Affairs Fee Advisory Board | February 2017-December 2020

During my freshman year, I received a mass email about a student budget board and initially thought, “my mom says I need to budget better; I should join this.” Little did I know that the illustrious “budget board” was focused on much more than personal budgeting. Nonetheless, I applied and was appointed to serve on the Student Affairs Fee Advisory Board (SAFAB). SAFAB is a student-run board that receives heavy training on budgeting and operating procedures and then evaluates budgetary requests from the departments within the Department of Student Affairs. As a board member, I acted as a liaison for four departments over two years, learning about the nuances of each department and representing them during budgetary deliberations. After attending introductory and fiscal sessions for each department, the board reviews the requests. It makes a recommendation regarding which budgetary requests are in the best interest of students, and are thus the most important. In my junior year, I was selected to serve as the Chair of the Board. As Chair, I coordinated the selection process for the new board, met with department heads, worked with campus leadership to ascertain student priorities, and attended student leader development meetings. Through my participation in SAFAB, I learned a great deal about the budgetary process and developed valuable skills, including communication and ethics.

Aggie Orientation Leader Program | February 2017-August 2018

I participated in the Aggie Orientation Leader Program (AOLP) during my freshman and sophomore years at Texas A&M. The Aggie Orientation Leader Program is a subset of New Student and Family Programs at Texas A&M that helps facilitate new student and transfer conferences. In my two years with AOLP, I worked as an orientation leader to help welcome approximately 14,000 new and transfer students to Texas A&M. To help welcome the new students, I gave tours, participated in student panels, worked check-ins, family dinners, student dinners, and pre-conference socials, and helped lead welcome sessions. At the beginning of my sophomore year, I felt compelled to apply for a leadership position, became a member of the Executive Committee, and was later named Family Track Coordinator. I worked with the executive committee over the next nine months to recruit new orientation leaders, train the new members, and plan the retreat and banquet. I worked with my partner, Mia, over the next year to select student panelists and re-structure family dinners and transfer lunches. In the Summer of 2018, Mia and I led numerous student panels, family dinners, and transfer lunches, culminating in a total of over 600 hours of dedication. Throughout my time in AOLP, I made incredible friends and developed useful skills, including ethics and leadership.

Kappa Delta Sorority | February 2017-2020

I participated in Kappa Delta Sorority from my freshman to my senior year at Texas A&M. In my time in Kappa Delta, I participated in community service projects, helped facilitate recruitment, and attended personal development and philanthropy events. In my junior year, I was named Reference Assistant, which allowed me to work behind the scenes during the recruitment to help coordinate the process for over 1,000 potential new members. I fell in love with Reference and was named the Chair my senior year, which allowed me to train with powerful women across the country to lead the behind-the-scenes part of the recruitment process within our chapter. I also developed a passion for our two philanthropy organizations, Prevent Child Abuse America and the Bryan Prenatal Clinic, and was subsequently named the Spaghetti Dinner Co-Chair. In this role, I, along with my partner, Bri, planned the annual philanthropy for our dinner that raised money for our two philanthropies. Throughout my time in Kappa Delta, I made lifelong friendships and was allowed to serve people from a variety of backgrounds.