After experiencing orientation week for myself as a transfer student last year, I was intrigued by the job and I just knew that I would apply once the opportunity came around. I had no idea that I would be hired and get the chance to be an Orientation Leader for the fall 2016 school year. I am so excited I was granted this job because I love helping people. And I know I will have so much fun helping the new students learn the way around campus. I am so lucky to be an Orientation Leader because I am one of the first faces that new students will see when they are officially students at Saint Leo University. Even if a student isn't in my individual group, I am still planning on interacting with them; I am one of the first students that they will interact with. Yes, they will interact within their group but they are all new to the school, just as we all were once upon a time. I am the one the new students are looking up to; I'm going to offer them advice and let them know my insight.

Being an Orientation Leader is going to teach me so much. It's going to teach me that I can make a difference in someone's life. I want to make a difference in someone's life; that's exactly why I applied for this role at school. I want to make the difference in someone's life just as my O.L. did for me. College is a time in your life where you can reinvent who you are and become exactly who you want to be. I want my new students to understand that. Becoming an Orientation Leader means we have the desire to want to help the new students exceed, not only academically, but by also helping them establish a family they want to be a part of while they are away from their actual family. The friends you meet during orientation week and the people on your floor will become your family for the next year while you are here at Saint Leo. I want the freshman to know that.

I decided to become an Orientation Leader so I can help answer any questions that the parents have about the University. I want them to know that their child is safe here and that they have nothing to worry about when they drive away. I can't wait to meet my group of incoming freshman and have such high energy that it makes them happy to be at college and happy to know that they decided on the right school. I knew this job was perfect for me right when I met my O.L. and I am so excited to make the incoming freshman feel so happy to be at Saint Leo.

Having this job will give me some of the greatest memories that I will look back on forever. As Orientation Leaders, we leave a spark of energy and tools for success that students from all around the world will use to be successful. I am proud to call myself a Saint Leo University Orientation Leader and hope I can make an impact on new student's lives. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful opportunity. I can't wait to meet my group and be there for them whenever they need me, even if it's at 2 a.m. being asked how to work the laundry facilities on campus.