Leadership Experience

The Student Advisory Council, which is composed of ~20 members, serves as student advisors to the Illinois State Superintendent of Education. In this role, we were able to learn insights from numerous high ranking officials on school policy and the issues that we face in Illinois.  With this information, we were divided into committees in order to produce a piece of policy that would be recommended to the Illinois State Board of Education in the spring. This policy, if successful would affect the nearly 2-million students across Illinois.

I was a member of the Social-Emotional Learning Committee whom worked closely with SEL professionals to develop our recommendation. We recommended a revision of the current SEL Standards (as of Spring 2024) with students being involved in the process. Additionally, we recommended that students be more involved in the education of SEL to their fellow students.

I will serve as the Illinois representative on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Youth Leadership Council for the 2024-2025 school year.

In the role of 1st Vice President, which I served in during the 2022-2023 school year, I was tasked with various different jobs. The focus of my position was the 2023 IASC State Convention, held in Lombard, Chicago. My main job was reviewing applications to be an Honor Delegate, grade the essay, and then assign the students to the appropriate position based on their skillset. Then, I was tasked with training the students for their positions, communicating with them periodically, and then facilitating their roles at the state convention. In addition to those tasks, I also had to present quartly reports to the rest of the IASC Executive Board, assist President David Izzo in his duties, and preside in the absence of David. 

I will preside as the President of the Little Egypt District of Student Councils during the 2024-2025 school year.

During the 2023-2024 academic year I served as the Convention Secretary for the Little Egypt District of Student Councils. I was appointed into this position by my student council advisors. With this position, I undertook many tasks surrounding the planning and execution of the annual LEDSC Spring Convention. The months leading up to March, 2024 I spent numerous hours of time and dedication to making the event a success. This included making phone calls to speakers and colleges, having meeting with community leaders and school faculty, creating documents and plans, and writing numerous emails. All of this came to a finish at the convention when we had nearly 500 student leaders from across Southern Illinois in attendance. The day was a great success and all the work that was put into it paid off.

I will serve as the Vice President the Benton Consolidated High School Student Council during the 2024-2025 school year.

I served BCHS Student Council as the student representative to the BCHS#103 Board of Education from June, 2022 to May, 2024. During my tenure, I attend all of the Board Meetings and was a voice for the student body. My main objective and project that I undertook whilst in the role was a research project on other local school districts in order to promote transparency and faithful practices. The overarching goal was to better the BCHS#103 Board of Education for the future.