You Convey Worked For Reynolds For Vii Years

Meet Jasmine Cook

Administrative Office Specialist

School of Mathematics, Science together with Engineering

Jamine reading the Japanese novel,
A Certain Scientific Railgun.

Are you lot from Richmond? If not, where were you lot born together with raised, together with what brought you lot to Richmond?

Yes, I am a native of Richmond.

You lead maintain worked for Reynolds for vii years. What produce you lot similar most nearly working here?

What I similar most nearly working at Reynolds is working amongst dependable co-workers inward my region together with other academic schools together with having the chance to operate nether our schoolhouse dean, Mr. Raymond Burton. Another would endure getting to interact amongst both students together with faculty amongst various backgrounds.

What is the most of import lesson you lot lead maintain learned from working at Reynolds?

The most of import lesson that I lead maintain learned from working at Reynolds is to e'er endure accountable for my interactions amongst students together with my co-workers. In improver to this, to endure consistent amongst next through amongst my chore duties.

In 2014 you lot got an associate score from Reynolds. This by jump you lot simply graduated from Liberty University amongst a bachelor’s score inward Criminal Justice together with lead maintain been accepted into their master’s programme inward Criminal Justice together with Public Administration. What drew you lot to the champaign of Criminal Justice, together with what are your career goals?

Having been inward foster aid betwixt historic menstruum nine together with eighteen, I was inward the soil care. What I wishing to produce amongst my score is to aid youth who lead maintain aged out of foster aid or those who are even together with therefore inward foster care, but lead maintain had problems amongst the jurist organisation or courts. I wishing to endure a mentor to them together with aid them sympathize their ain worth. And fifty-fifty though the odds are against them together with having experienced adversity, they tin force themselves to endure able to stand upwards on their ain ii feet.

To gain together with therefore much requires fourth dimension administration skills. What fourth dimension administration advice would you lot hand to others?

I took iv eight-week classes at Liberty University this summertime (at the same time!) That requires much administration of one’s time. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 combat of advice that I would hand to others would endure to lead maintain high expectations of yourself together with fix goals for yourself that are both attainable together with deport upon oneself inward a positive way.

Who inspired you lot to force yourself educationally?

First, I inspired myself to force myself educationally. Being that I am the outset out of my menage unit of measurement to complete high school, community college together with obtain my Bachelor’s degree. Second, my foster parents together with my immediate family. And finally, my co-workers together with my the coaches inward the Great Expectations program.

One of Jasmine's drawings.

You similar to brain to Japanese, Korean, together with stone music. That is quite a combination. How did you lot acquire interested inward Japanese music, animation, drawing, together with novels?

I was interested when I was watching Sat forenoon cartoons. On 1 channel was an anime called Sailor Moon (it was a re-run of course), together with I similar a shot brutal inward honey amongst this show. Today, I am even together with therefore inward honey amongst anime together with fifty-fifty read manga (Japanese graphic novels). I lead maintain together with therefore much manga, that I fifty-fifty donated a few serial to the Reynolds Library. When I produce brain to the music, it takes me to a dissimilar house together with it is rattling unique, together with that is why I honey anime, manga together with music. 

If you lot won $100 1000000 dollars inward the Powerball Lottery, what would you lot produce first?

If I did win $100 1000000 dollars inward the Powerball Lottery, outset I would pay my dues to the people who lead maintain helped me such equally my foster parents. Because without them, I would lead maintain non been the soul that I am today. My means is e'er giving your dues together with giving dorsum to those who lead maintain helped you lot along the way.