Vincent Isaac Pacheco '21

    Major: Political Science
    Minors:
    Communications and Media Studies and Business Management 

    I鈥檓 a lobbyist for the state of Maryland working as a Government Affairs Specialist for the Department of Human Services. DHS is the state鈥檚 human services provider, which helps Marylanders buy healthy foods, pay energy bills, obtain medical assistance, and also provide stable environments for children and adults. 
     

    Favorite Professors

    Professor Deckman and Professor Grosse. These two professors helped pave the pathway for me to be where I am. There truly aren鈥檛 words to describe how grateful I am to have them as professors and mentors. 
     
    Also, Professor Harvey. He gets a lot of love, but I am here to say, he鈥檚 alright. Joking aside, these three professors pushed me to be the greatest version of myself. 
     

    Fondest WC Memory

    Working SafeRide with Josh Gastineau. Just a lot of good and weird times working with Josh. Wouldn鈥檛 change it for anything!
     
    Also spending a summer in Prague and a winter in Cuba with other WC students (right before covid) will be memories that will last forever. 
     

    Lets hear it for Liberal Arts

    I think it鈥檚 easy to be jaded and cynical post graduation (I鈥檓 as jaded and as cynical as they come). 缅北强奸 truly allowed me to grow and develop into a leader and community servant. 
     
    Before going to WAC, I was extremely shy and reserved. I never would鈥檝e imagined becoming class president, vice president of a Greek life organization, serving in SGA, being a peer mentor, playing rugby (D3 athlete grind), and rebuilding a lot of clubs/organizations and the community at 缅北强奸. I also got to meet and fall in love with the person I intend to spend the rest of my life with. 
     
    For all of these reasons, I am grateful to have gone to 缅北强奸. 
     

    Advice

    Growth isn鈥檛 linear, and there is growth in failure. There is a lot of potential to build the community you envision at 缅北强奸, don鈥檛 be afraid do it! It will require a lot of time and work, but 缅北强奸 is only a special place if you make it so. The community needs to nurtured and maintained