The Lasso March 2023 Women's History Month Special Edition

Women
On Campus
By Karyme Flores
Wednesday Jacob
Guadalupe Perez
Posada
According to TWU’s website, the
purpose of TWU is to educate a
woman in order to empower the
world. TWU women continue
to fulfill this calling by doing
various great things such as
writing renowned novels, creating
foundations to support young
adults and becoming NASA
specialists.
The current students at TWU
continue to follow in the footsteps
of the great women that came before
them as they hope for success and
change in their futures.
“I hope that my job, hopefully
working in a school whether I end
up being an elementary teacher or
librarian, helps me stay financially
afloat in the way that I can still
travel and enjoy my hobbies,” Firstyear
education student Wednesday
Jacob said. “I hope my idea of
teaching now is similar to the way
it actually is and I’ll enjoy it. When
I get my own apartment and I live
with my cats, I hope everything is
in its place and I am not struggling
to pay my bills. My hope for the
future is that I can be financially
stable and happy in my job.”
Jacob plans to be an EC-6 teacher
that focuses on incorporating art
and music into her teaching styles.
“The idea of success or being
successful motivates me, but
my little sister is my biggest
inspiration,” Jacob said. “I am like
her role model and that motivates
me to do good and do well. At the
same time, art inspires me every
day. Art is everywhere and it is so
inspiring and it invokes wonderful
feelings in most people.”
First-year biology student
Guadalupe Perez Posada cites her
background as the inspiration for
everything she does.
“I grew up and was born in Dallas,
Pleasant Grove, and all of my life
I loved growing up in the city,”
Posada said. “I grew up as an only
child in a household where it was
my maternal grandparents and
then my parents so that was a very
interesting dynamic.”
Posada said that she has love for
various things from journaling
and writing to science and civic
engagement, and she hopes that
all her different interests can work
together in her future career as she
plans on becoming a physician
assistant focused on the gynecology
and obstetrics field. She explains
that her interest in this field was
sparked by the high mortality rates
during childbirth for women of
color.
“I hope to become someone that
I am proud of,” Posada said. “I
want to be proud of myself and
that includes becoming a physician
assistant because I want to decrease
the maternal mortality rates in the
United States and I want to help
those numbers go down. I also want
and hope to be very involved in
advocacy and public policy because
I have found that being civically
engaged is something I love to do in
my spare time. Honestly, I just hope
to be an example and role model for
those that come after me.”
Stephanie Hoepner is a firstyear
student studying Theatre
Education. Hoepner is the daughter
of a Mexican mother and she lives
with her parents. Hoepner loves
art, theater and music.
“I really hope to teach high school
theater in the future,” Hoepner
said. “I’ve done theater since junior
high and it’s been such an amazing
experience and I would love to help
create those experiences for a new
generation of students. I would
also say my biggest inspiration is
my mom, who came to the United
States when she was six years old
and has worked ever since.
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