I first became involved with Students for Life in the Fall of 2021 when a friend from my church invited me to come table with their group at ASU. I remember my first experience tabling was rather defeating and I felt I wasn’t equipped with enough knowledge to defend the pro-life position. That feeling of defeat transformed into momentum to practice my apologetics skills.

Despite being a community college student at the time, I made a commitment to table with the ASU student group every week from that point forward. Through tabling, I was confronted with just how badly abortion has damaged my generation. I met countless post-abortive fathers and mothers, siblings of aborted babies, and those who wished they would have been aborted themselves.

This was a reality check that pro-life advocacy is incredibly needed both on college campuses and in my community at large.

When I transferred to ASU in the Spring of 2023, I was immediately nominated and elected to become president of that student group. In my first year in leadership, I was able to triple group attendance and hosted events in all five pillars of pro-life activism with a special interest in supportive services for pregnant and parenting students.

In the following Spring of 2024, ASU’s student group was nominated for the Standing With You award and flew to D.C. in June 2024 for the National Leaders Collective. Just before NLC, my regional coordinator at the time nominated me for the William Wilberforce Fellowship — an opportunity I could not pass up.

The William Wilberforce Fellowship challenged me to develop as a student leader in ways I had never considered before. I was taught how to set measurable goals, build my resume, and market my skills as an employee. This perfectly prepared me for accepting a full-time position with Students for Life of America in April of 2025.

All Students for Life fellows are paired with a professional mentor, and I credit much of my career success to my mentor, Tina Whittington, who helped address any challenges that were brought along the way. When I transitioned into a full-time job with Students for Life of America, it became clear how much of my professional skill development from my fellowship could be translated to my career. I was hired as a staff assistant in April of 2025, which was a new position geared toward covering jobs for mothers on maternity leave. Through that role, I worked with the Pro-Life Generation’s political arm, Students for Life Action.

Some highlights from my time in SFLAction were coordinating mobilizations in June to defund Planned Parenthood and spearheading the Undercover Chemical Abortion Pill videos to raise awareness for pill trafficking in Oklahoma, West Virginia, and South Carolina. These videos reached over 133k people, including legislators in these states who are interested in taking up the fight against pill trafficking.

After my work with SFLAction, I was swiftly transitioned into the communications team where I now work as a staff writer. In this position I write copy for the Field Team — which includes plenty of pro-life apologetics materials!

Looking back, what began as an intimidating afternoon tabling at ASU became the foundation of both my calling and my career. Students for Life gave me formation, mentorship, and a mission that continues to challenge me to grow. As I move forward in my role as a staff writer, I carry with me the stories, skills, and conviction that first took root on campus.

I’m incredibly thankful for the mentors, teammates, and students who have walked with me along the way, and I’m committed to continuing this work with the same passion that first put me behind a table on campus.