Mikaela

I Can Be Me

Mikaela Workman

"Finding your home" during recruitment can be confusing. But for me, Alpha Omicron Pi was the obvious choice.

During all the rounds of recruitment, in and out of different rooms, through all the different songs, I kept thinking that it was all about me trying to impress these girls. So many girls. But by the end of rush week I realized it's not about trying to appease anyone or squeeze myself into some perfect #TSM mold. Recruitment is about finding the women who will bring out the best in you. Women who will guide you through the craziest time in your life and keep you on a path of integrity, intelligence, and happiness. Women who think about your well being before you even do. And this is the essence of AOII; my sisters show all these qualities every day and inspire me to grow.

Why AOII? Because these women are not just my sisters by title, they are not for show, they are my true ride or die sisters to the core proven by years of action, not empty promises. Because it is only here that I was able to meet the beautiful and kind women who became my role models. Because it is only here, sitting next to my AOII sisters, that I spent countless nights eating Chinese take out or pizza in the library, cramming for my final exams with the only people that could keep me going with a smile on my face. This sisterhood is beyond compare and I feel AOII's effects everyday with the whole hearted love I receive, the midnight talks over Mexican food after a long night out, and crazy spring break adventures from Chicago to Miami with my sisters hand and hand.

Thank you so much to AOII's founders who started this incredible fraternity, without you I might have been a few bridesmaids short ♡