| Name: |
Susana Romero-Sanchez (prefers to go by Susie) |
| Major: |
Mathematics and Science |
| Year in School: |
This is my fifth year at PSU |
| Other ways you are involved at PSU: |
I work under Services for Students with Children. I am a lead teacher at Little Vikings and Baby Vikings children care center on campus. Also, I am a RCSC Ambassador, which has allowed me to help create and continue to run two online virtual programs, called Virtual Teacher Playdate and Crafting with Little Vikings. I also help the Resource Center for Students with Children with other programs they run to help support student parents at PSU. I am also in LSAMP and join on STEM day with Queer Resource Center when I can. |
| Why did you decide to become a student at PSU? |
I decided to become a student at PSU after I came to Campus Visit Day with my AVID class as a senior. On that day, I fell in love with the campus and the people that I met, which included my advisor Laura Marsh, Disability Resource Center staff, and Queer Resource Center staff. At first, I wanted to become a pharmacist and PSU had a great pre-pharmacy track, but about two years ago, I changed my major. |
| How did you decide on your major? |
I decided on a major based on what I love, and what brings me joy is mathematics and science because I think they explain the world around us. They allow us to do things ranging from simple to hard and allow us to discover new things. Theories, equations, and explanations to the world are limitless and continue to change all the time. |
| What has been your favorite class at PSU so far? Why this class? |
This is a hard question. I have a lot of favorite classes at PSU because every class is interesting and a new and different experience. My top three classes that come to mind are Yoga/Meditation with Paul Terrell, Teaching Everyday Science with Patrick Edward, and Human Osteology with Melanie Chang, which I am taking this term |
| What has been your most rewarding experience at PSU so far? Why was this experience rewarding? |
My most rewarding experience at PSU so far would have to be working under the SSWC for almost 5 years as a teacher at Little Vikings/Baby Vikings and being an RCSC ambassador. This experience has been so rewarding because SSWC is like my family to me. They have been one of my biggest supports, and they give me the tools to go for my dreams and come up with amazing ideas, like Crafting with Little Vikings. In my eyes, my supervisors (Pamela Bock, Ida Lombardozzi, Melissa Clark, Marisol Barce, and Kacy Gardner) are like my moms: they are so supportive, loving, and caring, and they check in to see how I am doing. They are people that I can run to for help whether that be work-related or personal. My fellow teachers are like my siblings because sometimes we don't even have to talk to know what the other is thinking or doing, which comes in handy when working in the classroom with kiddos. We help and support one other inside and outside the classroom. We act silly together to make kids smile and feel comfortable doing so. Working with people who are like family is the most rewarding experience, not to mention helping student parents and working with children and babies. Through five years there, I have made so many connections with student parents and kids. Seeing parents graduate and succeed in their goals and dreams brings me so much joy--to help them get there by spending time with their kids as they go to class or study, by doing events, or by offering programs like Jim Sells. |
| What do you plan to do after you graduate from PSU? |
After I graduate from PSU, I plan on finding a job in a field related to my major. With my major being mathematic and science, I have many options. |
| Anything else you want to say? |
I would have to say that I am proud to work for PSU and to be working under SSWC. I am a queer, first-generation college student with a learning disability who has immigrant parents. I am so grateful for my supervisors and coworkers. I love them all. Thanks to them, I was able to come out to my family which was really hard for me but since I know that they had my back, I finally had the strength to do it. |