The Conversation:
JohnPaul Pascale, Olivia Schlater, Anna Schlater
Me: “JohnPaul, what made you decide to run for office in NHS and for the specific position you
chose?”
JP: “Ok, let me think about it for a sec. This is really interesting. Honestly, I would say that Will,
Susanna, and Liesel, who were the officers before, did an incredible job. And they led it very
well. It was very orderly. And I thought it would be really cool to be a part of that and I would
say that William especially, definitely inspired me to be able to go be a good leader and I
thought, ‘oh this is something I can do.” I don’t know, honestly, I would just say that I was really
inspired by the work that Will had done the year before. Just how well he led us all not only to be
a successful chapter but also to be pretty oriented towards our faith and I thought I might as well
step up. I prayed about it, and I decided to do it. And then I was elected! And there we have it. I
got elected.”
Me: “That is so awesome! What was your reaction when you found out you had won?”
JP: “I won’t lie, I was pretty happy. I mean, you were there. Hahaha You were there. But yeah I
was definitely really happy but at the same time I was nervous because it was a lot of work. And
I knew it would be a lot of work and I knew I had a pretty busy schedule. But it was one of those
things where, honestly, I think it bettered me just as much as, hopefully, it bettered the other
people, and so it was just a really good experience for me. And so, I was pretty excited when I
heard that I got it.”
Me: “Yeah, wow that is awesome! And then, Anna, what were the responsibilities that you had
and the position that you had?”
Anna: “Yeah so I was VP, so the main responsibilities were, okay wait I am blanking. What did I
do? (looking at JP and Olivia) Running the socials, which was fun!”
JP: “You made sure that everyone went to all the meetings and did attendance.”
Anna: “Yeah, did all the attendance. So, I made sure everyone went to the meetings and was
keeping up with their requirements for the chapter. And then also, with ISP approval.”
JP: “That was fun!”
Anna: “That was fun! So basically, just making sure that everyone did their ISP’s and GSP’s and
making sure that both were up to chapter standards, which was fun. And then also just helping
with answering questions and communicating with members.”
JP: “Going through all the ISP’s was fun! We had some funny ones.”
Anna: “Yeah, there were some really funny ones. We had to make a rule that no dog related
ISP’s.”
JP: “NO DOG RELATED ISP’S!”
Anna: “Help the people.”
JP: “Save the people not the dogs!”