CYOS Spotlights

“I’ve learned to have more compassion and patience for the journey and how growth happens.”

"Striving to make the most of my college experience, I gained much more than I had expected."

"I don't like to focus on the past, who I was, or who I thought I would be. I like to process who I am in the moment, live in that moment, work on what's next, and find ways to make it all work."

“You don’t realize all the directions that you can take your life. Don’t be scared, put yourself out there! Everyone is here to help you and build you up; we are all a family. That is what UNH gave me. It really made all the difference.”

“I don’t like to focus on the past, who I was, or who I thought I would be. I like to process who I am in the moment, live in that moment, work on what’s next, and find ways to make it all work.”

“I feel like I’ve always had a sense of responsibility to help others belong and to help others be vulnerable because for me, those are the things that saved my life and allowed me to thrive at UNH.”

“Everybody has something going on in their life…It’s the idea that it’s not about any of us individually, but if we pay it forward, we’ll all get it back.”

“I believe that all people have good in them and sometimes they just don’t know how to show it… [and] I try to understand the why of people’s actions instead judging them for those actions.”

“Alex Papadakis is a strong and motivated student with a breadth of experiences outside of the classroom; she truly has created her own story at UNH. Alex has already made a positive impact on the works and will continue to do so her story I one we should tell to the UNH community.”

“You can go out and do anything. Regardless of who you are or where you come from, you can make something happen. Don’t be scared to do anything. I’ll reach out to anybody if I think it’s going to help me get to where I want to be.”