Alexandra Pedroza ’17

Name: Alexandra Pedroza

Year: Junior

 

Major: English major, Philosophy minor

 

What activities are you involved in on campus? Marymount University Library Employee

 

Hobbies: writing, running, spending time with friends

 

I enjoy being a leader because of the opportunities to both meet students and to help make the Marymount community a better place.

 

I chose to attend Marymount due to it’s location to the DC area as well as the welcoming community that I found while visiting.

 

My favorite thing about Marymount is the spirit of the students and the small class sizes, as well as professors who are willing to go above and beyond to help their students. 

 

A typical day in my life would involve waking up and making breakfast with my roommates, commuting to Marymount and attending classes, spending some free time eating lunch with some friends, going to work at the library, then back to my apartment for dinner. After that I’ll go to the gym or go running and do some homework as well as spend time hanging out with my roommates/friends, sometimes with a glass of wine.

 

In 5 years I hope to have both graduated from Marymount with my Bachelor’s and to also have graduated with a masters in Librarian Studies. I hope to be working in a school as a librarian and to be writing on the side.

 

My most memorable moment at Marymount would probably just be the friends that I’ve made. They have truly made my experience here more invaluable than anything else.

 

I feel that through my time at Marymount I’ve been able to become more independent as well as to branch out into the rest of the world. I came to Marymount from a very small town so it was a bit overwhelming when I first got here. There has just been so much to do and experience not only at the university but in our nation’s capital. 

 

My dream job is to be a school librarian and a novelist. I plan to attend graduate school post my Marymount graduation to get a masters in Librarian studies. While working as a librarian I hope to then put to use my English degree and become an author.

 

 

I don’t really have a favorite quote but I like to live in the moment and to appreciate the things, people, and opportunities that I have because I know that they can change or be gone so quickly.

 

[Photo courtesy of Alexandra Pedroza]