If elected, I plan on expanding access and removing as many barriers as possible in ASI for all students to have an opportunity to serve in a leadership role. I will also support other student organizations by advocating for the creation of mentorship programs or other resources to help them grow. Additionally, I aim towards creating a sense of belonging for every student on our campus by providing an inclusive environment where students feel valued, safe and respected.

If I am elected, I bring the understanding of leadership, change and the philosophy of value to our students. Leadership is much more than being in a position of power. A leader’s job is to ensure that their followers have everything they need to achieve their objectives. The president’s followers are the students. The students are the real heroes and are the ones that will be using their powers to change the world for the better. My primary mission will be to act as a supporting role and to build and fix the necessary infrastructure so they may succeed.
Value is the one of the most important ideas that I, being a business major, understand. Initiatives that I will support, or lead will be ones in which value is brought to the education of students.

The current issues that are affecting students in the CSU system include, the lack of support during the COVID-19 pandemic, the opposition to provide credit/no credit grading options for the whole semester, the possible tuition increase that can have a negative impact on all students especially low-income students and undocumented students, and the creation of housing for low-income students on campus. I plan on informing the student body of these issues through social media campaigns, informational events, and open forums to meet with campus organizations.

Some of the issues affecting the CSU system include

1. Access to housing, wellness resources and food
2. The lack of equal access to the university
3. Issues around inclusive civic engagement

These issues, and further issues affecting the CSU systems will be brought to the public’s attention through board of outreach that I will establish. Depending on what the educational environment is, the board of outreach will determine the best median of informing the public whether that be through newsletters, posters, meetings, or through speaking at events.

In order to bring student issues and concerns to the attention of university administrators I plan on creating surveys for students in regard to each topic. I will use the survey to support my advocacy and to be prepared when meeting with administrators in the Division of Student Affairs, including Vice President Lessen, President Conoley, the Provost and the Dean of Students. After the meetings conclude, reports will be conducted with ASI and students, so everyone is aware of the conversations during these meetings.

The campus administration is busy, and it must be understood that they must prioritize. The best way we can get things across to them is to ensure that solving the issues become a priority to them. Our voice is powerful. To become a priority, I will unite the students and other interest groups on the issues thus making it impossible to not hear us.

As a leader, I bring commitment and service that will help me work with the student body. I am a person who puts the self-interest of others before mine, so my selflessness would allow me to put the needs of the student body first before mine. I also bring resilience, I always keep the end goal in mind, and work to ensure that the goal is met, and one of those goals is to promote growth and make an impact.

If elected, I plan to improve student engagement and involvement by giving other students the chance to express their concerns. Giving others the platform to express their feelings is something that I think is important for this positions. Encouraging others is also something that I can bring to this position that promotes growth to the students around me.

If elected back to the Senate, I will embrace my position as a student leader, I will make sure to use my outgoing personality to gather as much information from students as much as possible. I am part of many organizations and communities on campus which i believe helps me understand and relate to our population easier.

If elected for my second term, I will strive further to keep my promise of being not only an effective leader, but also an advocate for all students throughout different barriers. In order to ensure that my fellow peers are guiding their own paths to success, I promise to advocate and fight for the needs that all students have. My goal of pushing for further resources and balanced goals correspond to the involvement of speaking with faculty and staff therefore building bridges for a higher success rate. As a leader, I hope to create an environment adequate for every single student here at the beach, together leading the way creating a better future for tomorrow.

If elected for my second term, I promise to focus on not only being an effective leader within my college, but also ensuring that my fellow peers are leading their own path as well. My goal is to give a voice to students that are not heard and to ensure this I will continue to reach out to staff and faculty on campus. As a leader, I will create an environment in which everyone is seen, heard, and valued. I aim to be selfless and to work with all students, not just on my behalf.

As an individual I have always wanted to see those around me thrive and I have offered my assistance in any way I can to make that a possibility. For students I would offer my help personally where I am able to and direct them to resources where I cannot personally help.

If I were to get the blessing of being elected, I would begin working right away to begin my projects within ASI, so no time will be lost, and my goal being to have my project rollout its test phases Spring-22. In order to promote growth for students, I will work closely with the Dean, Professors, and Directors of the Business Program as well as being actively involved within student orgs in Business to help and aid students to have better experiences in their academics.

IF I were to become a Senator of the COB, I would bring a positive attitude into the board. I would lead meetings and motions and be the head of resolving all current issues within our community. I will always make sure my peers keep their heads up and never lose focus on what’s at task.

One issue that needs to be addressed is mental health. Especially during the pandemic, a lot of students are stressing and worrying about class, and even though there are resources students could utilize to help with that like CAPs, I feel like it is still not enough. I think we should increase the amount of CAP counselors that are part of CAPS and increase the number of drop-ins available in CAPS. If I were to be Senator-at-Large, I will create a resolution that would allow for the university to increase the amount of CAP counselors, in addition, I would like to work with the different colleges to have their own counselors, so that when a student needs someone to talk to they can go to their prospective college.

Current issues within the long beach community that I think should be addressed would have to be the tuition cost, the grading option, and not being motivated because of the pandemic. This pandemic has affected us in different ways and I think that these issues have raised some concerns with CSULB students. Tuition cost is already a problem with many students, especially if it increases. The stress and responsibilities of this pandemic have caused students to struggle in classes and may seek the credit/no credit option. Students may also feel unmotivated to attend school and may also struggle to finish this semester. I plan to bring awareness to these issues by engaging in student organizations and providing solutions/alternatives.

Since we have been online, our school is missing a lot of human interaction. In my position, i hope to promote these relationships by expanding social media and helping organizations in planning more virtual events.

It is not a surprise that LBSU faces different issues within different pillars of the student body. A major issue that resonates with me is the lack of scholarly opportunities for the undocumented community on campus. If given the opportunity to complete a second term, I will continue to expand the scholarship program that I have created with the help of the Dream Success Center, in order to guarantee funding and financial support for fellow undocumented students. Another issue that draws my concern is the lack of cultural diversity within faculty, staff, and students. Working alongside the Campus Climate Committee will ensure that I advocate for an increase in the black student population and retention, as well as hiring and retaining people of color in faculty and administrative positions that benefit the campus as a whole.

Some previous issues within the LBSU student body is the lack of opportunities for the undocumented community on campus. As the previous senator for the College of Liberal Arts, I planned on creating a scholarship opportunity for the community and if re-elected I plan on expanding on this opportunity and to keep working alongside the Dream Success Center to ensure that this goal is made possible. Another issue that needs to be addressed is the lack of awareness for mental health. A lot of times the mental health of students is not taken into account and as a result, many students falter in their school work. In order to bring light into this issue, I will work alongside the Dean of the College, David Wallace to make sure that students feel welcomed on campus.

I feel that the most outstanding issue currently is how to support students during this pandemic. Normalcy has been snatched away and we all have a need to build a new normal that goes beyond academia.
I would like to see surveys performed so that we are able to present the administration with exact information on where students are struggling during this time.
Even with the vaccine’s arrival and the possibility of cases lowering, there are still residual effects of what we are experiencing right now.

Response to recent problems in the world hasn’t been correctly addressed, I intend to help my peers find ways we can help misrepresented students.

Some current issues I would change are the communication forms from the senate to the students. I will personally reach out to the students who have ideas and want representation. I would address this to the board and make sure I introduce a plan to make sure we meet with the students much more often.

One thing I will be committed to if I were to be Senator-at-Large is to hear the students' opinion. I would promote awareness of Student Government’s role and encourage student engagement by releasing resolutions that are being introduced and explain to them about the resolution. In addition, before I vote on a resolution, I would want to hear the student’s opinion through a survey and see how they would vote and based on what the majority of the student body say, I would vote that way. In addition, I will promote any events from ASI through the use of my social media accounts and encourage everybody to attend those events. Also, maybe releasing weekly statements on things that happened that week and things that would be coming up soon, in order to keep the student body informed.

I would promote awareness of the student government's role by informing students of their importance. I would say that their issues are our priority and will listen to their issues/concerns. I would encourage student engagement by joining campaigns or student organizations that will contribute to student involvement.

Engagement is a huge part of student government and life in general. Although many students have been shying away from getting involve due mainly to zoom fatigue. I hope to show my college and the school that being a student leader, in any capacity, is very important. I believe as we work to getting back on campus safely, students will become more engaged and take on more roles.

Social Media has been a very influential aspect within my life and I’m sure others can agree so themselves. On a larger scale, Social Media plays a large factor in which I promise to inform and educate my fellow peers more about ASI as a whole. In my first term, I successfully worked alongside the College of Liberal Arts Social Media team to help create ASI Awareness Week to inform every single student about the ASI organization and all its fundamental functions. If re-elected, I promise to devote more time on forwarding the knowledge I have learned from previously working with ASI and plan on focusing on a plan I aspire to propose, that being "Meet the Senators". In order to ensure that every individual on campus is heard and their concerns are being resolved, together we can make The Beach a beautiful place.

Social media takes a big part in everyone’s daily life and will use this to my advantage in order to ensure that the student population is aware of what student government is and what they do. As the previous senator for the College of Liberal Arts, I worked alongside the College of Liberal Arts social media team and helped create ASI Awareness Week on all CLA platforms. This ensured that all students within the college were made aware of what ASI is and what they do as an organization. If re-elected I plan on becoming more involved within the community and hope to create Coffee with the Dean so that students can voice their concerns and questions to the Dean of the College.

I am involved in several groups and organizations on campus. I have noticed that Student Government is not often talked about. Sometimes that is all that is needed. To begin to discuss these things within the groups that you are in and the information begins to ripple outward.

Ways I would promote student awareness in Student Government would be by making time for students, responding to emails, inviting them to attend Senate meetings and speak their concerns with our board and ways we could help.

To promote our roles in government, I would highly encourage students to attend the meetings and I would push for associations to help spread meeting information.

My goal is to introduce and coordinate a program where we use pantry items and make healthy and quick meals out of it. This program will feature weekly videos where I would use the current pantry items for that week and make a meal or a quick snack out of it. The video will be posted on social media before students receive the pantry items so that they have more options on how they can use the food given. I wish to expand the services of ASI Beach Pantry for students in order to help serve them better. I also want to introduce more plans that students are interested in to help them better with the online environment.

I will advertise it on social media on a weekly basis. I will reach out for collaborations with other student leaders or staff so students are aware of the resources university has. I will want to send monthly emails about all the resources and its list or post it on the website so students can access. I also wish to present these resources during SOAR workshops so students are aware of what resources are there to help them.

I think current issues are being well managed by USU and SRWC but I do see one flaw. I see some people needing more food than the pantry food but they have nowhere to go and nowhere to ask for. I believe when we send out the email for the ASI Beach Pantry registration tickets we can include a pdf or some links to extra resources that are always available if a student needs extra help.