My name's Alyssa Dizon, I'm a fourth-year, and I'm a Foreign Affairs major
I was able to feel really at home really quickly
many of my best friends came from my dorm my first year and
because it was so great for me I really wanted to be an RA
I want to help create this experience for other first years. Another added great part of it is getting to live
in such wonderful living spaces at UVA where we have so many amenities and things to do
and great people to meet. UVA really prides itself on having a great residence life
Living and learning together is just as important as learning in the classroom
It's kind of like a living laboratory, many of them have totally different backgrounds and
that's really I think where the best education at UVA comes from is meeting these people
I tell all of my residents, it's ok to not have it all figured out and feeling not fear from the
uncertainty but empowered by the fact that you have so many places that you could go
Even though it might feel like everyone here has it all figured out everyone's second
guessing themselves, and that's a good thing