Major(s)/Minor(s):History, Political Science, International Affairs, Music, Transnational European Studies

The Student Government Association here at the University of Georgia is built off the three foundational principles of our
state: wisdom, justice, and moderation. I believe I’ve embodied all three of these principles, both in high school and here at
college during my freshman year; I hope to continue to embody these principles if given the chance to serve on the Senate.
Currently, I’m an active member of Young Democrats, Arch Policy Institute, Phi Alpha Theta, and Amnesty International,
where I’ve been able to make a constructive difference engaging and volunteering within the community, collaborating with
other extracurricular organizations on campus, and learning necessary skills needed to interact with others and get things
done. On top of this, I am currently enrolled in Franklin College, SPIA, and the Honors College, as I seek to take advantage
of the wide variety of challenging academic opportunities available here. These involvements and passions have helped me
understand what it means to be wise in decision-making spaces, especially in spaces as large as UGA and its 43,000-person
student body. The wisdom I’ve been able to garner through these involvements is tempered by the third pillar of moderation,
which has helped me understand that true leadership and responsibility requires being receptive and accessible to the needs
of others, in this case, the students of Franklin College, and more broadly, the whole university. What’s more is that justice is
important to ensuring that essential resources, such as service opportunities, career information, and medical care, are
accessible to everyone on a daily basis on campus. Rather than platitudes, my leadership will consist of showing up
everyday to get to work based off the needs of my constituents.

1. Counseling Appointments- Just like how we have an academic advisor we’re required to see every semester, I believe that
   every student should have a mandatory mental health session with a counselor or therapist. Though many would assume
   this would require significant funding and personnel, I think we could employ students who are willing and screened,
   preferably those seeking to become therapists (psychology majors), though anyone could volunteer to help out. Perhaps this could count as credit? I believe in this way you can equip those on campus who’d like to acquire some sort of experience being a therapist/counselor. Additionally, this measure would greatly improve the overall wellbeing of students on campus and ensure they have someone they can talk to regarding their worries, desires, mental health, plans for the future, and anything else they so wish to choose to talk about.
2. Campus Safety- Residence halls at this moment are not any way, shape, or form as safe as they could be. Access to many residence halls often only requires simply following someone else with access inside the building. Though this particularity is imperfect yet permanent in the near future, I think we could ensure guests are required to check in at the desk for their residence hall or community WITH the person that they’re visiting who will have their ID out. Campus safety can be improved in a myriad of other ways, including assessing restroom cleanliness on a regular basis and having more regular campus patrols.
3. Civic Engagement- Due to the political climate we are currently living in, it is imperative students receive adequate political information in order to stay vigilant, informed, and engaged. I believe SGA should sponsor more political awareness events, such as debates and/or forums between different (political) organizations on campus, presenting different opportunities for how to get involved and registered to vote, and sending out a unbiased newsletter of political information monthly to the general populace.