Lilly Hussein is a senior from McLean, Virginia, majoring in Political Science with a concentration in German Studies. She is involved in YoungLife, Alpha Kappa Chi (AKX), intramural sports, the Catholic Campus Ministry, and the Honors Program. Lilly also tutors for the Center for Learning and Teaching.
“College has been transformational. My research advisor recommended some books, and then I’d say that my lessons from that are just being kind and loving everybody. Love God and love your neighbor. I try to live a life where I root my love in God, my faith in God, and I try to love everybody as best as I can.”
On Tuesday, I found Lilly with a pair of skis in her hand, so I had to ask her about her history with skiing. “Some family friends named Jim and Janice ran this program called Rainbow Riders where they would take their two cars and bring a bunch of little kiddos up from DC to Whitetail, Pennsylvania. I did that for a couple of years, and then when I turned 13 I started being an instructor with them. I’d help the kiddos put their skis on and we’d ski together; I’d help them how to ski, and then take some of the older kids to the bigger runs.”
“I came into college knowing that I wanted to be a political science major, but I also thought I wanted to go to law school, and then I had a law internship. I don’t want to read medical documents all day long so now I want to go into academia. Thanks to my kind professors, I’ve been able to do some great research that’s led to wanting to be a theologian and teach. I applied for some English teaching positions in Germany and Austria after post-grad. I don’t know if I’m going to get any of them, but if I do, that would be really cool because it would give me teaching experience and immerse me in the German language.”
“I really like fishing and playing the guitar, though learning the music theory for the guitar was probably the most difficult part. I’m now taking a music theory class where I’m messing around with the piano some. I’m hoping that I can transfer some of the skills I’ve learned from playing the piano to playing the guitar. As for fishing, I started fly fishing a couple of months ago and I just love being on the river. There’s birds everywhere, sometimes you see an otter, there’s flies, a bunch of crawdads, and there’s just so much life. It’s so cool to see the creativity of God.”
“I want to thank God first and foremost, my parents, my sister, my grandma Mimi, Dr. Garrison, Dr. Wisniewski, Dr. McLeod, Dr. Willingham, Dr. Peppers, Dr. Quaglia, Dr. Hancock-Palmer, AKX, the people at the gym, the Center for Learning and Teaching, the people at St Andrews, and the whole Salem community.”
Juniper Rogers
Section Editor
