Who I am

Sorry everybody, I realized that I started posting already and most of you don't even know who I am!

My name is Alekz and I am a Junior at Western Washington University and am a Fairhaven student making a concentration through the Law, Diversity and Justice program. I will be focusing my concentration, more than likely, around how race is involved in the law and legal issues.

I have been on the executive board for the Mixed Identity Student Organization for the past 2 years and am now currently the President. I am a coordinator for the Social Issues Resource Center which is located in VU 512. Overall, I am just a really passionate, and dedicated person who works really hard to educate himself on issues that people handle on a daily basis.

I chose Western because coming out of high school I really wanted to become a high school English teacher. Unfortunately, my dream was kind of crushed after taking the required English 101 class. So I started looking at other alternatives and through the Western Leadership Advantage program on campus, I came into contact with Fairhaven College. I immediately fell in love and decided that Fairhaven was for me. So I talked to my Woodring College of Education advisor and told him what I wanted to do and unfortunately he told me that because No Child Left Behind required teachers to be "highly qualified" I needed to have an approved/distinguished major from the University (i.e. English, Math, Science, Sociology, etc). So I had to make a decision, continue on the path to becoming a teacher or do something that I know I will enjoy and will make my learning experience more holistic? I chose Fairhaven and have been extremely satisfied with my decision ever since.