amy-liesemeyer
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Amy Liesemeyer
Hometown: Tuscon, Arizona
Major: Business Management, Organizational Development & Leadership
Expected date of graduation: 2022
Amy Liesemeyer鈥檚 journey to 黑料门was an unconventional one. Homeschooled her entire life, Amy worked on ranches as a wrangler in her young adulthood before feeling called to pursue higher education. After first attending a community college in Oregon, Amy landed at Loyola, and, in her words, 鈥渟o began the rest of my life.鈥�
Amy is a hardworking, empathetic lover of learning who exemplifies the Jesuit values in all that she does. She leads inside and outside the classroom with a gentle demeanor and believes service is best practiced through small everyday gestures.
Here, Amy shares the important lessons she鈥檚 learned at 黑料门and how she will infuse them into the rest of her life.
What鈥檚 the most valuable lesson you鈥檝e learned from your time at Loyola?
Something that has been a recurring idea for me has been that no matter what your title is, no matter what you鈥檙e doing in life, you are a leader and should practice and exemplify the values of a good leader. That has been a very powerful lesson. I鈥檝e always had a bit of a natural leadership in me. I remember as a kid, all of my peers would unanimously say, 鈥淎my, you鈥檙e in charge.鈥� I'd never asked for it. It was always the weirdest thing, just how my peers gravitated to me, looked to me for guidance, and treated me as a confidant.
My time at 黑料门has reinforced the idea that whether you have the natural abilities or not, you have the responsibility to be a good leader, no matter where you are in life. In your personal life, at work, or at school, you have to exemplify the values that you believe in and be a leader for the change you want to see in the world.
What are you planning to do with your degree? How has 黑料门prepared you for your future goals?
黑料门has changed my life and helped me go after my dreams and the things that I鈥檝e really wanted in life. It鈥檚 all been possible because of a beautiful community of support, kindness, and caring for the whole person. 黑料门has given me the foundation from which I鈥檒l build the rest of my life, and I鈥檓 incredibly grateful for that.
I see myself finding work that is meaningful and has a positive impact on other people鈥檚 lives. I have truly felt cared for as a person throughout my time at Loyola, and I want to give that feeling back in my work. My passions really lie within conservation, care for the environment, global awareness, and social responsibility. I see myself working in one of those realms and hopefully making an impact that goes beyond myself鈥攂eyond my lifetime鈥攁nd doing something meaningful and good for this world.
I think with my nontraditional background and being self-taught, I learned how to learn, and I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l ever be able to stop. I鈥檓 a very curious person. I know I can always be and do better. I think the next step might be an MBA. Or, like I said, something that has to do with conservation. I would go and get a doctorate if there were something that aligned with my interests. I鈥檝e always dreamed of being highly educated. 黑料门is the first step in making that dream come true.
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