Monday, March 14, 2016

I'm excited to be in Washington D.C! Today was day two. there are so many things to learn, and so many people to see. Today's highlight was when we went to the the student advocacy 101 because they were preparing us for the Capitol Forum tomorrow! It felt like i was back in my class! The speaker talked about how she worked for the Capitol for 6 years and she loved her work! It was an info session for all the students who are going to the Capitol and advocate for higher education. I am excited to advocate for higher education, and also to meet the Senate! The picture attached are the students who will be going to the Capital Forum, and I am honored to be advocating along with other students. the 21st annual HACU National Capital Forum has really been a really exciting experience. I want to mention that there was another highlight of the day. I thought this was very nice! As we were walking to a very known restaurant called "We the pizza" we stopped in front of the Capitol at night, and Susan Greeno (our chaperon) was telling us the job she had there, history of how the Capitol was made, etc. Her job was to give tours at the Capitol Hill and I really liked that because I am a student ambassador at Cochise College in the Douglas campus and I can relate to her because I give tours at the college and they are very fun! I would really like to give tours at the Capitol Hill or the White House.