{"id":4102,"date":"2021-05-17T10:40:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/fromthenest\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:17:53","slug":"whats-hot-trin-feat-senior-jaymie-bianca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/fromthenest\/2021\/05\/17\/whats-hot-trin-feat-senior-jaymie-bianca\/","title":{"rendered":"Igniting Her Passions: Jaymie Bianca ’21 Reflects on Life at Trin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaymie Bianca \u201821, is a triple major in educational studies, human rights, and English. She\u2019s passionate about education and educational policies\u2014 from human rights to disability rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

SoMA, and peer Annastazia Chin \u201822, recently spoke with Jaymie about her experience at Trinity over the past four years:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Senior Jaymie Bianca pictured in WGRAC offices on campus. PC: Mia Conte ’22<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Throughout her four years here on campus, Jaymie has found many outlets to be herself. She was originally drawn to Trinity because of the size of the institution and its human rights program. Jaymie values the education received from Trinity because this place became a space for her to combine all of her passions with her major and was able to learn how to hone in on her many skills and talents.<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit more about yourself<\/strong>
\nI grew up thirty minutes away from Trinity in Bristol, Connecticut where I was born and raised. I love to write poetry and I\u2019m a baton twirler and have twirled at many Trinity football<\/a><\/strong> games.<\/p>\n

Can you unpack your involvement at Trinity over your four years?<\/strong>
\nOver my four years at Trinity, my passions have evolved. During my first year of college, I was cast in the stage production, “Macbeth.” I enjoy acting and I haven\u2019t able to do it often so, I value that experience. I signed up for community service clubs but, what stuck with me was the Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC)<\/a><\/strong>, and I started volunteering for the events \u201cThe Vagina Monologues,\u201d and \u201cTake Back The Night.\u201d In my sophomore year, I was fortunate enough to lead the event, \u201cWhy Vote,\u201d through WGRAC, and attended several different conferences where I got the inspiration to start, IGNITE\u2014a female empowerment and political leadership organization at Trin<\/a><\/strong>\u2014which is a chapter of a national organization<\/a><\/strong>, but is also under WGRAC. Throughout my last two years at Trinity I\u2019ve contributed to the Campus Climate Incident Response Team (CCIRT)<\/a><\/strong>, Title IX Working Group, Racial Equity Group Summer 2020, pursued research in Public Humanities Summer 2020. The connections that I made were extremely incredible. Everything kept building onto each other. Trinity truly takes what you are passionate about and then connects you with people who will help you to get where you want to be.<\/p>\n

How has Trinity helped to mold you into the woman that you are today?<\/strong>
\nI remember even before coming to college, I said to myself that I\u2019m never going to go into politics. I liked advocacy work but I never thought I\u2019d go into politics specifically. But what Trinity showed me is that there is an overlap with advocacy and politics and I can use politics in a way that I can help people whilst engaging in what I\u2019m most passionate about. From the connections I made here, I was able to propel an organization on campus that fosters women’s leadership.<\/p>\n

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Jaymie, pictured on far right, during the Feb. 2020 production of “The Vagina Monologues.” PC: @wgractrinity on Insta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How are you feeling about graduation?<\/strong>
\nBittersweet. I’m going to miss the community of people I have here at Trinity. I\u2019ve met the most incredible human beings over my four years here. It\u2019s going to be hard to leave that\u2014especially because Trinity has become a huge part of my life. I\u2019m taking a gap year just to explore the world and see what it truly has to offer. I\u2019m excited to see what the future holds, and I\u2019m excited to see what\u2019s next for me on my journey.<\/p>\n

What have you taken away from your experience here at Trinity?<\/strong>
\nPersistence is key. There were a couple of opportunities that I wanted, and at first, some of the responses were not in my favor, but with many follow-ups and trying again, some of those “no\u2019s” turned into “yes’s”. If you want something, then you really have to go after it. “No\u2019s” can be hard, but don\u2019t always take them at face value. A lot of the times “no\u2019s” can turn into a “yes”. So, if it\u2019s something that you want\u2014go after it.<\/p>\n

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Jaymie has been a baton twirler since three-years-old, often performing at Trin football games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are you grateful for?<\/strong>
\nOpportunities. I think I take it for granted sometimes. I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to be involved in so many spaces on Trinity\u2019s campus. The people I\u2019ve met here have truly helped me to become my best self. Having a voice on Trinity\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

What is one tip you\u2019d give to anyone coming into college?<\/strong>
\nASK FOR HELP. As a first-generation college student, I didn\u2019t know the answers to a lot of things. As someone who was so reluctant to ask for help, I had to let my guard down and accept that getting this help will aid in my overall advancement in the future. Ask for help from a variety of different people. Ask for help from your friends, the counseling center, professors during office hours, from people who are involved in your extracurricular activities, ask for help in a multitude of spaces. People can give you advice from different perspectives and the professors and staff are there to help guide you as resources. Now more than ever, it’s so important to ask for help.<\/p>\n

If you had one thing to say to the world what would it be?<\/strong>
\nKeep going and don\u2019t give up. Apply yourself. Go for that opportunity. Sometimes the only thing that is stopping you is yourself, and that can be the hardest obstacle. Once you\u2019re able to get over that hurdle, then that’s what will help you to succeed. You\u2019re going to learn along the way. You\u2019re going to make mistakes, but it\u2019s not about the mistake, it’s about your resilience, and how you can come back from that.<\/p>\n

LET\u2019S BE SOCIAL: @jaymie.bianca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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