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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\nWho wouldn’t want to be like Junior Zachary Enriquez? He is an accomplished model of success and excels in his positions of RA,\u00a0 campus ministry retreat leader,\u00a0and Damen as a staff member. Uncovering Loyola got the opportunity to hold a Q&A with him to find out just how he does it all.<\/span><\/p>\n Q: Could you briefly introduce yourself and tell us some of the ways you have been involved during your time here at Loyola?<\/b><\/p>\n ZACHARY: <\/b>\u201cMy name is Zachary Enriquez. I am a junior and an Ad\/PR major and a marketing minor. I am a first-generation student.<\/span><\/p>\n There are quite a few ways I\u2019ve been involved. I am an <\/span>RA, an undergraduate research fellow <\/b>at\u00a0the Center for Urban Research and Learning on campus, a student in the interdisciplinary honors program, I\u2019m an<\/span> Information Services staff member at Damen<\/b> and I\u2019m also a <\/span>campus ministry retreat leader<\/b>. I was also on the <\/span>National Residence Hall Honorary<\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: When did you start getting involved and what made you want to get involved on campus?<\/b><\/p>\n ZACHARY: <\/b>\u201cI definitely started to get involved [during] my second year. It started with becoming an <\/span>RA<\/b> at the end of my first year when I got hired. That was kind of the first step. I think a lot of the motivation for that was because I was a commuter and I felt like I was missing out on a lot of stuff. So, I became an RA, and once I was living on campus in my second year was when I became exposed to a lot more things.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Q: How has your involvement changed how you feel about Loyola and your time here? <\/b><\/p>\n ZACHARY:<\/b> \u201cIt was pretty good. My first year, all I really did here was \u2018school\u2019. I would come to class and go home to work. My understanding of Loyola was pretty limited. I\u2019ve had a pretty good experience with my academics here. Other than that, it was good but I felt really disconnected from people and that might have shaped how I looked at Loyola as a community. <\/span><\/p>\n Once I started becoming more involved, I realized that there is so much more than just school. I feel like there is a club or an organization that kind of plays to every niche. If you look hard enough, it\u2019s there.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q: What makes you a Student Leader?<\/b><\/p>\n ZACHARY: “<\/b>There is this idea or concept of what servant leadership is. It\u2019s essentially the fact that you\u2019re a leader because you\u2019re serving others. That\u2019s your purpose as a leader. For me, that\u2019s what being a student leader is. You are still amongst students, amongst your peers but you are serving in this role to serve them. The biggest thing is utilizing your position, your privilege–whatever it may be–to help others. I think that if you can find fulfillment in that, you can feel good about what you\u2019re\u00a0doing and it helps you as well.”<\/span><\/p>\n Q: What advice would you have for students about involvement on campus and making Loyola their home? <\/b> <\/p>\n Want to know more about getting involved? Reach out to us on Twitter @UncoveringLUC or send us an email at uncoveringloyola@gmail.com!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who wouldn’t want to be like Junior Zachary Enriquez? He is an accomplished model of success and excels in his positions of RA,\u00a0 campus ministry retreat leader,\u00a0and Damen as a staff member. Uncovering Loyola got the opportunity to hold a Q&A with him to find out just how he does it all. Q: Could you<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/uncoveringloyola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_0337.jpg\")
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\nZACHARY: \u201c<\/b>Talk to people. Ask questions. Step outside of your comfort zone. Make yourself more available to the messages that a lot of RAs, a lot of student leaders, a lot of faculty\u00a0members are trying to send to students–that there is a place for you. There\u2019s a place for you to get deeper than your degree. Start reaching out. There are so many resources. Your RA is one, a professor is one. I don\u2019t think\u00a0there is anyone who works for this university who isn\u2019t going to be willing to talk to you about pretty much anything.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n