Avatar for Kalyssa

Kalyssa

Peer Mentor

Contact

Pronouns

She/Her

 

Major(s)

Landscape Archicture

 

Minor(s)

Community and Regional Planning

 

Hometown

Wichita, Kansas

 

Of all the jobs you could have on campus, what made you want to be a CAST Peer Mentor?

I choose to be a CAST Peer Mentor because the program made a huge impact on me as a freshman and I want to continue helping first-gen students feel like they have a place on campus and they can be successful here, even though it can feel impossible at times.

 

If you could learn any skill or craft instantly, what would it be?

Sewing so I could do some cool up-cycling with my old clothes

 

What’s one thing on your bucket list you know you’ll cross off some day?

Backpacking in Europe

 

What's your favorite way to de-stress or relax during busy times?

Laying in the grass or a hammock with a good book

 

If your life had a soundtrack, what is your theme song?

"Young Blood" by Noah Kahan

 

You just won an all-expenses paid vacation. Where would you go?

Santorini, Greece

 

What’s your favorite place on campus—and why? 

The Love Library garden because it's beautiful in the spring and the trees provide shade to lay in with a book as mentioned above

 

What's your go-to comfort food or guilty pleasure snack?

Sour Patch Kids Watermelon

 

What's one thing you wish you had known before starting college?

Getting involved is great but it's important to rest and take time for yourself too!