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Honoring a sister from the Kappa Delta Chi DC Alunmae Chapter
From the kdx_dc_alumnae instagram
In honor of Memorial Day, the KDChi (award winning!) DC Alumnae chapter is honored to give the spotlight to sister Catalina Rosales Gonzalez.
She is a Major in the United States Army, working as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. Her impressive list of accomplishments include being a Chief Fire Controller of a Brigade-sized element (5,000+ Soldiers), commanding her own outfit, a Patriot Missile battery of 120 Soldiers in support of Operation Enduring Freedom & defending Isa Airbase from missile attacks.
As Catalina's career in the Army progressed, she was later selected for the JCS/OSD/ARSTAF Fellowship (Joint Chiefs of Staff/Office of Secretary of Defense/Army Staff). This fellowship is regarded as a highly competitive fellowship that selects 20 officers a year for a Masters of Policy Management at Georgetown with a follow-on two-year assignment at the Joint Chiefs of Staff and then at the Army Staff where she currently works.
Catalina will soon be leaving DC, as she has been selected to be the Operations Officer for 1-7 ADA battalion in Fort Bragg, NC.
Your accomplishments speak for themselves! Thank you for your service to our country and we are honored to call you our sister! #ProfessionalLatinas #KDChi #DCKDChiAlumnaeChapter #USArmy
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“All for one and one for all.”
Unity is a huge piece to using our strengths to fight the adversity problem. I should be able to walk into class, feel that unsettling look and sit next to another powerful, strong woman in that class and feel better whether I know her or not. As women, we need to empower one another with every fiber we have in our beings. It should be our goal every day to say something to another female that will make her feel good about herself, the work she is accomplishing, or the goals she is aspiring to reach.
Here in the Beta Beta chapter we’ve started really supporting each other, and recognizing accomplishments outside of the organization. We submit highlights to our president every week, for a few to be read at chapter. They range from test scores, to interview opportunities, talking about how we did during a performance or a game, and so much more. This has really showcased the different types of organizations are sisters are leaders in, or how they are a leader within their area of academics. It’s encouraging them to be well rounded, and confident women who know
they have a support system who is proud of them. I would recommend this to other chapters to try out, and really start a support network for our sisters that reaches beyond the limits of Kappa Delta Chi accomplishments. For those of you in the work force maybe suggest this to your boss, or supervisor to do with the staff you work with. Create a work environment that highlights the positive things being done to raise moral. Whether you’re in a leadership position or not, step up and become a leader to a new initiative. If your work doesn’t really fit this atmosphere, celebrate yourself with your girlfriends, and family. You deserve to be proud of yourself and have a network of support as well.
All and all being said, when you see a woman in any setting doing something positive support her and give her the encouragement she needs to continue to do those positive things. No matter the setting, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know her, be a leader by example and start a chain reaction of small positive compliments to help women feel empowered.
Honesty is the Best Policy!
level class and we will be one of possibly four females in a lecture hall and receive a look of “Why are you in this class?”.
We as women need to use our strengths to help eliminate this atmosphere we are forced to be a part of. As a woman within Kappa Delta Chi, I have learned how to implement our four core values into my everyday life to defy the adversity I face every day on my campus. I have used our four values to harness my inner strength and begin to be the change
There is nothing wrong with a female having priorities, goals, and making them known. You must first be open and honest with yourself about what your priorities and goals are both in your personal and professional life. I am 20 years old, with a lot of life left ahead of me. But I know what kind of things I want to accomplish at some point. I would love to travel, and see parts of the world I have yet to see. I want to build my own house from the foundation up, and eventually bring home a family to that house. Each of you should have your own goals, or dreams no matter what they are, and you shouldn’t let anything stop you from achieving them. Yes, I understand currently as an undergrad, it’s not the time for those specific dreams but in 5 years when I am out of school and have a full-time job, I am going to use my vacation days to travel. I shouldn’t feel judged, or pressured to not do those things because they are my passion. Honesty relates to this because if you can’t be honest and admit to those things being just as important as the job you do every day then you’ll become stagnant and live life with regrets.
A woman should never feel pressured to hide her priorities, goals, or dreams from anyone! If you are a woman who has kids, and a professional life, make it known that when 5:00 hits, your work hat comes off and your mom hat goes on. If someone has an issue with that, then it needs to be addressed. If you’re a woman who wants to apply for a higher position in a company because your goal is to be higher up in management, go at that with full force. It shouldn’t matter who the other applicants are, be honest in your abilities, and believe that you are good enough. If you are a woman who wants to go out with her girlfriends on Saturday nights because that’s where your priority lies that day, have the time of your life. Don’t let life take away the fun, and the passion you have for the things you truly love, and want to make time for. Strive to be honest in what those things are, and chase after them.
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The Emerald | Fall 2017