Down Tri I’m triing Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of roow Radiance sorority Sparks and Sassy chats I am your host soror Kira or Sor arrogance and today I have my beautiful amazing wonderful Lon sister Kirsten hey Kirsten is my wonderful line sister we went through our beautiful process
Together and I’m so excited to be interviewing her today I’m so glad to have you on here I’m so glad you signed up because I want everybody to get to know my wonderful sisters oh my goodness I am happy to be here well I’m so glad so first I want you to introduce
Yourself give us your government name and then give us your line name and if you feel comfortable telling us why you got your line name sure so my name is Kirsten um better known to my line sisters as no better um I got my L name
Because um I believe that um Rene said because of my profession but I always say if you know better you going to do better and that’s a word so I like to say that Kirsten was kind of like one of the glues that held our line together because one thing
About kirston she was gonna whip out that wheel whenever we needed to decide when somebody need to do something she’s gonna whip out that wheel click you’re done you got you got your position now I gota have organization so I want to start by asking you how did you find Rose Sigma
Alpha um so I actually found it on social media and so I was just kind of looking for a Sisterhood and to be in a sorority and kind of just doing my research and that’s kind of how I stumbled and decided to do a little bit more research and decided to apply and
Join so with you deciding to apply and join what was it that made you choose rosc m Al because you know there’s hundreds of other non-c Colgate Orcs out here and you know when you kind of trying to decide what you want it comes down to like the nitty-gritty so what
Was it that made you decide Ros mouth is the sorority for me so it was the it was the entrance meeting the entrance meeting was so lit that I just felt like I was aart before I was a part so right it was very interesting and very like
Welcoming so that made me compared to the the other entrance meeting nobody was reading off PowerPoints so you know it was it was a pretty pretty good interest and so so it was really good and so um that’s what made me want to continue to
Be to go but I remember last week I said when I went to the interest meeting it felt really like comfortable for me to be in like I didn’t feel out of place and once again they all felt like you know my bougie aunties and I didn’t feel
Like I had to act a certain way or like talk a certain way or be a certain way for me to feel like you know this was the place that I belonged exactly I don’t know it’s just the interest I’m sorry but if you ever decide to the viewers if you ever decide
To look into nonc Colgate ORS I implore you to attend at least one interest meeting I promise we gonna have you giggling um so now I want to talk about you so miss Kirsten what are you up to girl well going on in my life um so I am
Currently in nursing school um I am on the PFA board for my daughter’s school a membership and volunteer coordinator and I recently today got the position of recruiter for the student nurses um Association the national student Nurses Association at school so my responsibility for that would be to recruit um new student
Nurses into the national um platform and get them to sign up become members and that’s my job so what made you choose nursing so um I actually had my degree in Business Administration so I thought that I was going to go into the business world and that was going to be it and
Then I actually I’ve been a pharmacy technician for the last 13 years and so while doing that it kind of immersed me into the medical Fielding which I kind of sort of liked it a little bit however when my grandmother went on hospice um I started taking care of
Her and that really put me deep into nursing because of course taking care of her I was basically her CNA right day out because she was on Hospital inside of my home it was in the middle of Co and I just really refused to um put her in any
Type of facilities at that time because I knew working in the hospital at that time I knew how short staffed it was right I knew what the environment was like and I just I wanted her to have personal attention and after going through the experience with her I actually promised
Her before she passed that I would complete nursing school I would go back to school and and go into nursing and because I wanted everybody to have that care that I gave my gry yeah I really began to I’ve always been a compassionate person that’s um but I
Really saw the deficit of compassion and I know it was Co everybody was bir out but I just really wanted and want everybody to have that same the same love and care that I gave my green to that’s beautiful I did not know that [Laughter] so after you know you finished nursing
School what do you want to do so I really want to go into emergency medicine um I love the emergency room I love the chaos the emergency oh yeah absolutely it’s the adrenaline um being a pharmacy technician I was able to walk around all different parts of the
Hospital so I think that’s a plus of being a pharmacy technician because you of course you work close with the nurses to give them the medications and things of that nature I was a compounder so I’ve worked in the chemo centers I’ve worked um in just regular compounding Hood um it’s the
Hood is called where you know you make the medicine so I’ve done all types of different aspects I’ve worked in the O the er um surge icus everywhere so having that experience the ER is where I really like it the most it’s highly entertaining it is and it’s just
Fast-paced in general and you get you kind of get a little bit of everything in my opinion in the ER you you kind of get the full scope of because there’s so much going on in the ER like there’s always so much going on in ER somebody
Might be in labor somebody might have I don’t know skar their need on the pavement of something or another there’s always something going on in the ER yes so it’s it’s a lot you get inmates you get regular people you get crazy folks you get I mean you you just
You get everything and I think that um that well-roundedness I thrive with it so and I feel like that would work for you because once again you are a very organized person so I feel like despite the chaos of the emergency room you would definitely be the one that’s s
Like I’m chilling I’m good I know everybody else in here freaking out for I’m good yeah so going back to our wonderful sorority what has been your favorite memory so far we got a lot more memories to make but what has been your favorite memory so far
Um oh let’s see I would say thus far probably our wind down Wednesday I felt it in my spirit you was about to say that oh yeah I love those you know it is a time where you live I don’t know it’s just it’s no business and it’s
Just and it’s just venting talking just being yourself being with amongst everybody it it’s it’s relaxing it is really is I it really gives us a chance to like just be us and like just like ex this like out outside of the walls it really gives us a chance to just like be
Us just talk about whatever we feel like talking about yeah without a real agenda without you know having to get down to business it is I love you I love I love that I love that um so now what are you looking forward to the most so I’m looking forward to the girls
Trip that’s what I’m really looking forward to like I can’t wait for that um I am going on a cruise soon so cruising um living life graduating really that okay it’s going to be a very a very big party a very big celebration once you graduate we’re put that in the
Universe about to act [Laughter] ignant oh my gosh um let’s see what is something that you would tell yourself before joining Rose Sigma Alpha and also because I know you know nursing is a big part what would you tell yourself before going into nursing school um I would honestly tell myself
Don’t be afraid um my day one I was terrified like I mean legitly terrified right physically sick because that’s how scared I was because I you know you hear all the the horror stories of nursing school and I was just scared I scared of failure um that’s what I was afraid of
Um and I recently just I passed one of my exams this semester and it just kind of was like a little boost it’s like okay girl about this girl don’t you know you know what you’re doing you know be it’s okay and I would also tell myself failure is okay you know
Because in essence if you make a mistake it’s what you do with that mistake you know you have to pick it up learn from it and move on and so if you didn’t feel at nothing how would you know how to do anything differently or better or you know so right
Okay and what would you tell yourself before joining Rose Sigma Alpha um I would the chat yes oh my god oh if I if I could go back the chat would be muted from day one I would look at my phone some days 200 and some OD messages and just like what
Are y’all talking about it’s a lot and then it was like when we were in our process what would kill me is when I would go to work there’s no messages none all we got is just good morning everybody good morning everybody y y y it’s like one o’clock I put my phone
Down for 10 minutes to go what a paperwork away I come back my phone is hot from how many messages I got it’s just messages and I’m like what are y’all in here talking about I know I’m trying to keep up but I like I gotta
Work too I can’t I gotta go to work I can’t and then don’t let me take a nap and fall asleep because I’m getting woken up by the chat and I’m like all right I’m not getting no sleep I’m not getting no sleep let me go ahead and get up get my
Life together because obviously I’m not taking a nap so I would definitely say mute the chat other than that um you know especially like with somebody in I would definitely tell them um I wouldn’t tell them music chat I would say that because you do get a lot of information
A lot of good you get to know people especially in the beginning you know that is your time to literally like hey how you doing who are you what you like um and get to know everybody as a whole so I think the chat the chat is good I
Mean like it has good times and bad times but you know I’mma talk face to face type of person I hate texting right um I guess that kind of leads me into my next question what else would you tell a woman who was maybe considering joining or when she gets to
The Finish Line what else would you consider telling her be open um don’t be set in your ways because you really have a bunch of different personalities and you have to treat it like a sibling a literal sibling so um my I have H 16
Brothers and sisters y so I am used to the different personalities I am used to not everybody getting along so I came in already used to that so um I would tell somebody who is not necessarily used to that chaos in their normal life that take everything that people say
With a grain of salt um don’t personal you know you are essentially dealing with a bunch of women and you know not that it’s a bad thing but you know you just gotta think not everybody is you um right so you know think about what you’re going to say to
The next person think about the totality of the conversation in or situation before you respond um to somebody and just have conversations with people because sometimes a lot of stuff is just soled by just simply having a conversation and saying like hey I I
Read this yeah I read it this way but I feel like you meant it another way because how you read something is how you read it not necessar how that person meant to it and so yeah I would definitely tell people to have a open mind um be willing to participate for
Sure for sure don’t just pop in and you know every blue moon and definitely be able to participate and get to know everybody as a whole and I feel like the beginning like you said said was like a really really important time for us because that was when we really got to
Know each other and like granted I like to say there was a bajillion of us in the chat because I still don’t know how many people we started with um there was a bajillion of us in the chat and rather than everybody you know shying away
Because it was so many people in the chat we were able to really start getting a feel for everybody’s personalities and see where everybody’s head was at and understand that like as we take this journey along here’s who I can go to when it comes to like graphic
Design for example I know I can go to Tiffany and go get graphic design done if I need somebody to put something on exale spreadsheet I’m going to Joanie or I’m going to you kir so you find you really in the beginning you really find out who’s who especially if you take the
Time to really get to know each other and that doesn’t mean like you got to have a private individual conversation with all 40 something that’s it just means just take your time getting to know your future sisters because everybody is in this to create a Sisterhood and create a well-rounded
Sisterhood yeah that’s how the birth of that birthday list came because just kind of sitting around talking like H what should we do for each other’s birthdays it’s like you know what let’s s each other right so for y’all who don’t know Kiren so in the beginning we were trying
To keep track of everybody’s birthdays because there’s so many of us so K not only put together a list of everybody’s birthday but we have a little Amazon thing where everybody when their birthday is about to come up they can put little items on the Amazon list and if you want to you
Can send your sister a gift just whatever let let them know you think about the funay birthday and you hope they have a good birthday and I think it’s beautiful I think it’s I don’t know I love it I love it because I mean it even if you don’t get nothing from your
Immediate family like you know you gonna get something from at least one of your sisters at least minimally you know at least one of your sister at least at least one of your sisters um okay so now where do you see real Sigma Alpha in five years oh so the way it’s
Going I I see it honestly I do see us in five years I see us in all 50 States including Puerto Rico and Hawaii um and and so I um honestly I think that and especially how I be traveling I feel like we going to be over there in the Bahamas too for
Real but I really when I go on my next Cruise baby this shirt is coming with me yeah yeah mine too I told you yeah Virgin Island into Dominican we anything okay so um I really do see us the way we’re going honestly having five years we over 500 members I know that’s
Right you know thing into existence okay and I remember I was talking to my best friend about it and I was like girl we not even we’re not even a full year in yet and we already got 55 of us I’m sorry but I just know we’re crossing the
100 threshold this year I’m putting into the universe but when you look at it I feel like because of all the work that we do in our communities and you know you see us out and about you don’t just see us just sitting around looking crazy wearing our Ro blue black and white
We’re actually out here doing the work that makes people want to find out who we are what we do how we serve our communities how we can also serve them and how they can also serve us so that 55 years I’m holding you to that yeah
Yeah yeah I’m look at this year alone I mean think about if this is 100 next year 100 you know like right get there you know yes we are out there doing a lot and you attract what you are you know what I’m saying like so if you are consistently doing community service
Consistently helping others that’s what you’re going to attract because people are going to want to be a part of that you know nobody wants to be a part of no mess and no drama and craziness so therefore you know and if that’s what you’re attracting then that’s what you
Attracting you know so and that kind of says something you know if you out here being messy and still attracting nonsense you know who wants to be a part of it that ought be training you know I’m saying right like you not tired you not tired of be random strangers on the
Internet all day you not tired [Laughter] oh my God Lord have mercy folks out here exhausted honey exhausted tired you need to go lay down oh my goodness oh my goodness um so now I’m actually you kind of a crazy question and I can I can see
Sha Renee and Drea now of the three of our Founders who would you pick to be stuck on an island with oh oh I’m going with um let’s see I gota be careful with this one you gotta be careful honestly Renee is lit I love Renee like her like but then charotte
Too sh gonna be organized she gonna get us help if we need it that’s what I’m saying that’s what I’m saying I’m have a good time and I know the days is passing with Renee Drea I might have a good time with her she’s fun but oh that’s hard I’m have to pick
Renee right to be honest she might bring and she gonna bring food that yeah if I had to pick do it if I had to pick I’m not gonna hold you I would probably pick Renee too because I feel like if I’m stuck on an island I’mma
Already be losing my mind because we stuck on an island I’m at this point I need I need something to hold me over I’m sorry I need something to hold me over I can’t do it I can’t do it lord I can’t do it yeah true so bringing it back
What what community service initiatives have you participated in lately that really like spoke to you um I would say the quickly house um which is one I just did um yesterday I dropped off the items for them yesterday um the quickly house is a domestic violence um Center the
Emergency Center but they also you know try to find shelter and things of that nature for the domestic violence victims and they’re always in need of things so it’s not like a one time ordeal where they it’s just one and done they’re always a need and I actually
Posted um on my Facebook page um their wish list they have an Amazon wish list that go directly to them so you don’t even have to like do nothing extra you could be a thousand miles away and still assist with them but the Domestic Violence Center speaks to me because I
Am a victim of domestic violence um I spent five years in in a domestic relationship um and it was the greatest I started with him when I was 16 and he was 21 um I thought I didn’t know his age um so that was my naiveness of my you know
Just me being young but at the same time you know I was out here in these streets thought I was grown grant that doesn’t make up for being um abused in no way shape on fashion because because regardless you shouldn’t nobody should have to be in an abuse relationship so
The quickly house really spoke to me because I have been in that situation where um I needed help and I’ve not been in a situation where I necessarily needed emergency assistance where I you know was running from somebody and but it did speak to me that you are out here
Helping these people and giving them what they need and emergency situations and assisting them with you know their legal paperwork if they need to do so with helping them you know put their kids in school because it’s really hard if you’re not established so to speak to child into
School um you know you just can’t roll up in school like hey I’m running from somebody you know like so I really like that they assist with the all the aspects so that’s why that’s why I kind of chose them to assist and to help with
The mar Lu K project this year that’s beautiful Kristen yeah thank I called you Kristen baby your name is kren Lord I’m trying to have a moment that’s K so what did you do with the quigly house so I actually just donated the items but I actually um talked to the
Director which you see the picture she’s the lady that’s in the middle there I’m actually going to help them in future endeavors with u volunteering and doing things whatever they kind of need us to do um as a chapter we’re going to kind of see if it fits with our schedule and
Assist them well wow oh my gosh I didn’t know that oh my goodness that’s but that’s another reason why I always say like we are out there we are out there doing it we are out there doing a myriad of different things we are all giving our time to these organizations within our
Respective communities that are also doing the work you will never just see a woman of R Sig my off just sitting around looking crazy no ma’am you will see us out there you see us out there feeding the homeless you will see us out there donating clothes or like for
Instance Angel and I last weekend we did a period kit packing party where we made hundreds and I do mean hundreds hundreds of period kits for young women um and women across the Richmond area and it’s crazy when you when you sit back and you
Look at all of it and you just think of like this is crazy yeah how many PE how many people am I helping just by showing up is exactly and it’s big to you but it’s huge to them you know on the 28th I’m actually going down to the um the
Bacon and barbecue fest I know it sounds crazy but um they have a Fest here for bacon and barbecue and beer listen but the guardian at lium group is actually with them as well um I’m volunteering with their group at that best they have a table set up for
The guardian LS because here in Florida um The Guardian LS actually are the ones volunteers are the one they’re like they’re the guardian in lives so I know I didn’t know that um until I went to a little um seminar because I was gonna
Help but it that was just a bit too much for me so I was like I’ll just do a little you know some festivals here and some festivals there here and there I can’t you know it it was just a lot to have to you as this volunteer you’re the
Person who decides if this child stays in his house not right um you know and that that’s a lot that that’s you know it’s a big it’s a big emotional toll it is it is and I don’t think that I am quite there to tell somebody to be their
Judge of if their child stays in their house or not because I don’t know you or your situation you could be the abuser you could not I don’t I don’t know but now I got to make that decision so right it went for me well I still think it’s beautiful
That you are going to where called the bacon and what the Bacon and Beer fist the Bacon and Beer fist yeah to also Aid in their mission um okay let’s do a speed round let’s do a speed round now okay I’m ready it’s nothing crazy it’s nothing crazy all right you ready [Laughter]
Pineapples okay oh my God are you ready okay what’s your favorite color red and purple what’s your favorite food spaghetti if you could have any superpower in the world what would it be invisible if you could live in the world if you could live anywhere in the world where would you go
Hawaii and what’s your favorite day of to week um Sunday Sunday why is your favorite of the week Sunday because I don’t do nothing on Su I don’t work I know that’s right H um is there anything else you w to mention to our wonderful viewers
Anything you want to get off your chest anything you want to talk about now if anybody would like to donate to my schooling fund feel no I’m no I think that if you are watching and you are perspective member I think that you should take the leap and you
Should go ahead and these interest meetings are up however in the fall I would employ you to go ahead and come to interest meeting and put an application hey it might change life so it changed mind I now have more sisters um than what I ever thought that
I would have and I have this connection that I can call anybody because I mean literally all 55 do something different I mean there is not a skill in this group that is not there there is a skill for everybody so um definitely say come
On with us come on with us come on and I will say that um we are a very open organization I know shy Renee and Drea love to say that we are one of the most transparent orgs you will ever come across we definitely are one of the most
Transparent orgs you will ever come across which is why we have this podcast because why not yeah why why we gota why we gotta hide in the dark girl come on um we are very open we are some very amazing people and like Kirsten said I never expected to have 54 other sisters
I’m sorry my brother and I are 16 years apart I grew up basically as an only child I am the only child see biologically I am the only child um my husband has all the little siblings yeah and so these women that I am in this
Sorority with and granted I’m one of the younger ones but they don’t make me feel like I’m one of the ones not at all they make me feel heard they make me feel seen they I know if I have a question about literally anything I can go to one
Of my sisters and ask them a question it literally doesn’t doesn’t matter what the question is I can go to them so in retrospect I would say this is one of the best choices I’ve ever made um it’s one of the most beautiful choices I’ve ever made because I’ve been able to
Learn so much about me and also been able to learn so much about all these different women who come from all these different backgrounds and they’ve experienced all all these different lives and they can kind of teach me a little bit of something something while I’m trying to figure life out because
This only my third day out here girl yeah but I’m so glad you were able to join us tonight K kir oh my God I keep wanting to call you Kristen hold let me start over us tonight K and for everyone that is watching thank you for watching another episode
Of sorority Sparks and sassy chats I am your host Cara also known as soror arogant your time to sh girl huh this your girl oh oh and I’m and I am Kiren better no better clearly I don’t know my name and we will see you guys next week
When I have on my lovely Li sister Shakira bye Y’all My
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