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| Student Spotlight: | Bryan Parra |
 Bryan Parra on:HIS FUTURE: Ten years from now, Bryan sees himself having graduated from college with a double major in business and nursing. Currently he is drawn more to the nursing field and imagines himself working in a hospital emergency room. “I’m a person who doesn’t run away from things, and I’m a person who likes to face challenges.” WHO INSPIRES HIM: His inspiration his entire life has been his mother. While he was growing up, his mom always worked two jobs in order to provide for his younger siblings and him. “My mom is currently disabled from work, but she still gives me the courage and the ability to take risks.” A leader that Bryan would like to meet is Franklin D. Roosevelt. “President Roosevelt inspires me to be grateful for the things that we have. He also inspires me not to be ashamed for the things that we don’t have. Although stricken with polio, Franklin Roosevelt was still able to be elected president of the United States and was able to lift our country from the despair of the depression and provide outstanding leadership during World War II.” BEING THE RECTOR FOR THE FIRST KAIROS AT ST. GENEVIEVE: “I was honored this year by having the opportunity to be the first rector of the first kairos retreat in our school’s history. In May, I was given the opportunity to attend a kairos retreat with Loyola High School. The rector on that retreat inspired me by his ability to lead and his confidence to talk in front of all of us. Without him, I would not have had the confidence and ability to lead our kairos retreat. He inspired that confidence in me. During our kairos retreat here at St. Gen’s, I had the privilege to develop my own style of leadership. I felt confident. I felt emotional. I felt like I had the responsibility to pass on the inspiration I received while on kairos with Loyola High School. I think I was successful. Why? Because I felt that the boys on this retreat didn’t come back as boys; they came back as men. Our senior theme this year is We Are Called To Leave A Legacy. During our kairos, each of my fellow Valiants agreed to a challenge to be great and to fulfill our class theme to leave a legacy. I felt that when we came back from this retreat we brought back our new found knowledge and inspiration from kairos and have been applying it to our daily lives. One of my proud memories of the kairos, and there are many, is when one of my fellow Valiants approached me after a speech and as he leaned in to give me a hug said, ‘Bryan, it feels like you’re a father-figure here at this retreat.’ Hearing that really made me feel warm and proud of my leadership. | |
posted on 9.16.2007 at 09:20 AM
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