-: With Rollins being a small place,
I definitely had a strong connection with faculty
and definitely some staff members.
There was definitely my academic advisor,
Dr. Pakenya, was a very influential individual.
He kind of took me under his wing.
He definitely pushed me to go abroad.
I think those connections that I was able to make
while I was here at Rollins really helped me.
Then I was involved.
I did student government.
I was involved with the Latin American Student Association.
I had a job.
Went to different speakers and things like that.
Things that maybe I look back and I'm like,
wow, I really did that?
I did different things.
I wanted to different--
And I tell students all the time,
you have to try different things
and don't be scared to take those risks.