Leadership Philosophy Statement

I will be the first to admit that I am not a natural-born leader. All throughout elementary school, middle school, and high school, I always managed to steer away and avoid any responsibilities involving leadership and service toward either an organization, or a school-sponsored group. I was totally and whole heartedly convinced that I would either do a poor job, make things in the organization worse, or that everyone would end up hating me. Yes, I am not a natural-born leader. Though the weird thing looking back is that no matter what, I was always asked to be in a leader position, be it the choir president at my high school, or the class treasurer for my eighth grade year. It’s not until now, my college years, that I now understand that

I was determined to step out of my comfort zone, and grasp the college experience by the horns. I was ready to grow and develop as a confident, young woman who could stand to take charge. The only problem was that I was still too shy and unsure of myself. Sure, saying I’m going to do something is easy, but actually following through was more difficult than I thought. Nevertheless, I was still determined. I ended up going Greek my spring semester of my freshman year, and with that commitment came a slew of different responsibilities and jobs for me to do. And to my amazement (and slight horror), I was assigned the task of New Member educator. A task that would put me in charge of not only the knowledge of the sorority, but also the duty of teaching this knowledge to every potential new member that wanted to join the Omegas. Now, this wasn’t exactly what I planned when I thought “baby steps,” but it seemed that I was destined for bigger things when I realized that I absolutely loved my job. I loved helping people, and getting to know the girls before any of my other sorority sisters. I felt valued, and like a proper

I thought that my job was done when the girls passed their test and became fully-fledged members of the sorority, but I was totally wrong. Girls continued to come to me for advice and personal issues they were, or had been dealing with. Learning that I could not only help them in sorority life, but also their personal lives really helped my sense of empathy to grow and expand more than it ever had before. I now consider these girls my family, and I enjoy helping them through everything and anything that they might be going through. Another way my leadership position of New Member Educator helps people is though the Omega philanthropy project called #BeOmegaLoved. What this is, is a positive body image campaign that we are a part of in hopes that it helps young girls be happy and accepting towards their own bodies. We believe that it is so important to love each other and ourselves that we seek to spread this acceptance and love everywhere we go. I love how with my leadership position, I am not only able to help my sorority, but also the countless young girls in the community that might need an esteem boost, or just some way to