As a student council vice president, a fundraising coordinator, and a captain of various sports teams, including a state champion winning hockey team, I have always viewed myself as a leader. I knew that the college environment would allow me to grow and develop into a leader in the workforce. I, like so many others, have goals to be the leader of a large and powerful company, and I knew that Notre Dame would be the best tool to help...

It was October of 2001, and I, an eager kindergartner, was growing impatient with my fatigued mother. “Hurry up Mom, let’s go,” I must have repeated until my face turned blue. “Hold on, hold on,” she repeated as she strapped my brothers and me into our car seats. As a little six year old, equipped with my matching Spongebob backpack and lunchbox, it was just another regular day in which I would finger-paint and practice writing my name, but for...

Backstory describing leadership in classroom and community settings

Almost every student at Notre Dame was a varsity athlete in their respective high schools, and I think...