January 2025 -present
As a Residential Advisor, I support first-year students — responding to emergencies, mediating conflicts, and building community on my floor. The role has genuinely tested me. After a difficult event on my floor this year, I had to inform close friends of the student involved, and I spent real time asking myself whether I could keep doing this work. I decided to continue when I return from Europe. I have requested upper-class housing each cycle and keep getting placed back with first-years, which I have come to accept means the first-year floors are where I am most needed. Campus safety has become a more visible concern this year, with added floor access controls and faster response times from Vanderbilt Police.