Presidential leadership ASO President Isha Pasricha leads by example

NICK MARTINEZ Reporter @NickEsai

Her charisma glows everywhere she goes, lighting up the room of fellow friends and colleagues who have been waiting for her to discuss and plan various activities and upcoming events.

ASO president Isha Pasricha is spending her third year at Pierce studying political science, which she had decided on after coming to pierce.

Pasricha had previously planned on studying at Santa Monica Community college to major in Chemistry right after high school and even started attending classes during the summer session.

“Right when I got out of Granada Hills Charter High School, I went to Santa Monica College because everybody said that it is the best transfer school to UCLA and had so many opportunities that I was so enticed by it. I started taking classes in the summer, I was on it,” Pasricha said. “I even applied for the STEM program and I got in, that was the hardest program to get into on campus,” Pasricha continued.

She later found the commute troublesome, and just overall did not feel that Santa Monica was not the right place to further pursue her future.

“As I kept going I just didn’t feel involved. I felt like i didn’t belong there, and I was so upset about it that I called my parents and broke down, telling them how I didn’t like it, so I dropped all my classes.”

Pasricha added Pasricha then wasted no time to apply for summer classes at Pierce, where she quickly found herself getting involved with the school.

“I went and talked to Lara Conrady Wong, who was the advisor of ASO, and I expressed my interest in getting involved as a senator, and she helped me fill out my application. From there I became senator, to vice president, and fi nally president,” Parchisa said.

Once becoming part of ASO, Pasricha quickly found her passion in helping others through getting more involved.

“I was so confused in the beginning about what I wanted to do with my life, but once I found ASO and all these honors programs and opportunities, so many things started coming together,” Parchisa said. “Then I found out I wanted to do law, human rights law specifically, because I’m really passionate about helping others and advocating for others needs,” Pasricha said.