The Lion's Roundtable (Guest: Faith Richard)
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Todd Delaney:Discussing topics of interest to the university, Hammond, and the surrounding communities, this is the Lion's Roundtable. Now, here's your host, Doctor. Amber Narro.
Amber Narro:Good day, good day. This is Amber Narro on KSLUs ninety point nine FM , The Lion. I am here at the Lion's Roundtable with my friend, Richard. She is awesome. She is a page at the state legislature right now.
Amber Narro:She is also an honor student here at Southeastern. She's majoring in biology. She's got all the things. Welcome, Faith. So happy to have you.
Faith Richard:Thank you so much. I'm so glad to be here.
Amber Narro:Excellent. Excellent. Alright. I know. Yay.
Amber Narro:Yay. We're on radio. We're live. Exciting.
Faith Richard:Exciting. Very cool.
Amber Narro:Very cool. Alright, Faith. So first of all, congratulations on this awesome experience that you're gonna have at the legislature, and congratulations on all things that you're doing here at Southeastern. You had to make a choice over the summer, and you chose us.
Faith Richard:Yes. Absolutely.
Amber Narro:Are you glad you did?
Faith Richard:So glad. I wouldn't change it for the world. I love Southeastern. I love being here, and I love being a Lion.
Amber Narro:Absolutely. I we love having you, and we appreciate your family for letting you bar letting us borrow you for a little bit.
Faith Richard:No. That's what I love about Southeastern because they everyone here is my family, so I feel so welcomed on this campus.
Amber Narro:Indeed. Indeed. You're staying on campus. You're involved in SGA. You are involved in the Honor Student Association.
Amber Narro:The
Faith Richard:Tri Sigma. I'm now a sorority member this semester, which is exciting.
Amber Narro:I did not know this. I did not know this. Very cool. So ultra involved on campus, and you're also a page how do you find the time to do everything? Because all I hear from students all the time is, I don't have time for that.
Amber Narro:Talk to me about your time.
Faith Richard:It's definitely not easy. I'll say that. But I I find that when I'm passionate about something, it's easy for me to put my heart into everything equally and find the time to do all the things I'm passionate about. So I have set times where I do my assignments and my homework, and I go to my classes. This week was actually my first week serving as a page at the state capital.
Faith Richard:And so I
Amber Narro:think I saw you on your first day.
Faith Richard:Yes. We saw you coming from there. Was very exciting.
Amber Narro:Southeastern was there on Monday for a posters at the capitol. Shout out to lots of students here at Southeastern who were presenting their research to state legislature legislators and had some great conversations. Senator Bill Wheat stopped by
Faith Richard:and saw
Amber Narro:all the students. Several other representatives came by and saw students that were associated with their districts that might not live here in Hammond, but but were we're close to them based on where they they started their
Faith Richard:Yeah.
Amber Narro:Their lives here on this planet. Right? So they are they presented their research. They got some feedback from the legislators, and the legislators now know some of the great undergraduate research that's going on at Southeastern and all other campuses Yeah. In Louisiana.
Faith Richard:That makes me so happy because I just I always want people to know the great work that Southeastern's doing. And, also, I'm honored because I'm the only page from Southeastern that's serving this session. So most of the well, first of all, a page, for those that don't know, is usually a younger person, like high school, college age, who assist during the legislative session at the state capital. So they help run documents, and we communicate between offices, and we help serve state representatives while they're in session. And so most of the students that I'm working alongside are LSU students, and there's a couple high school students.
Faith Richard:So it feels good to represent Southeastern there in Baton Rouge whenever I go and serve.
Amber Narro:But And you're working under?
Faith Richard:Yes. I'm working under representative Muscarello. He
Amber Narro:Thank you for that.
Faith Richard:Yes. Yes. Thank you so much, representative Muscarello. He's amazing. But there are a 105 total representatives.
Faith Richard:So it's been very eye opening to see how busy everyone is. But they still like me, like, a college student, they still find time to get their work done and to stay productive and stay on top of their duties.
Amber Narro:Do you have to go every day?
Faith Richard:No. That's the great thing is that since there's about 14 pages, they it's kind of like come when you can, and they understand that we're college students as well. So they work alongside our schedule, which is really good to know.
Amber Narro:Very cool. You are obviously very busy and are gonna be donating donating truly some of these hours to the state legislature as well. Can you tell me how many hours you're working and what it's gonna look like? And I know that maybe during spring break or even, you know, after classes are are over, you may be able to give a little bit more time. How's that gonna work for you?
Faith Richard:Yeah. So it's interesting because the house representatives, they convene at different times during the week. So, like, on Monday was the opening session, and we got to hear from governor Jeff Landry, and they called it at twelve that day. So we were there from 8AM to 6PM running documents and helping representatives. But yesterday, they convened at 3PM.
Faith Richard:So it kinda depends on what the house is doing, But usually, they ask that the pages get there early in the morning at eight, but they understand if we have other duties. So I had to leave early yesterday because I had other obligations here on campus. But as far as my hours, I really don't wanna overwork myself because I am a student first. So I do wanna prioritize my classes and work with my professors and doing my homework. But also, this is a great opportunity.
Faith Richard:So I can't deny the fact that I am representing Southeastern of the capital. Capitol.
Amber Narro:I like talking to you early in this process because I feel like, you know, just like a little baby child. Right? We learn a lot of things on our first days.
Faith Richard:Yeah.
Amber Narro:Right? In the last four days since you've been an active page, Tell me what you've learned already.
Faith Richard:Yes. I've learned that our state representatives are very nice. A lot of people, I think, think of politicians as very intimidating. But since I've gotten to know everyone that I've kinda worked alongside, worked under, it's made me realize that they really do like to see young people in politics and getting involved with the legislative session. So like you said, whenever the universities were presenting on Monday, I'm glad to hear that the state reps were very interested in what we were doing.
Faith Richard:And they, you know, they love to ask us to perform errands and duties. They like to teach us. And I've just learned that they are very, very busy people.
Amber Narro:Have you learned much about the state legislature itself?
Faith Richard:Yes. A little bit. So I don't And don't be shy because a lot
Amber Narro:of people we talk I talk to my students a lot about this is that if you haven't been told before, if you haven't experienced it, this is your first experience with it and whatever wherever you are with that, appreciate it. Right? Yeah. No matter what age you are. We used to in my writing class, my freshman writing class, I used to make them go to actually, it was my public affairs writing class, so it was more of a junior level class.
Amber Narro:We would go to the state legislature and follow a bill all the way through, and we would start looking at it here because Louisiana has a great website. Mhmm. Legis.la.us.gov, whatever it is. It's you can look up Louisiana legislature. Click right there, and you can follow you can literally follow a bill from its original to the edits to the scratches and to the ads and to all of the things that are in there and all the way through until it gets to the other side and becomes a law or dies.
Amber Narro:Right? So you can watch the entire thing unfold on the website and you can also view videos of committee meetings and all of the things that lead up to making that decision. And did you know early on, in the early two thousands, that Louisiana was a leader in getting that started up? Absolutely. That's part of my my doctoral research was the history of Louisiana state legislative website.
Faith Richard:I'm a big fan of the app, the LA Ledge app, l e g e, and that has, like, the house schedule. You can find your representatives. They have live videos like you were saying, so that's also very helpful.
Amber Narro:Yeah. Yeah. So before there were apps, was studying the state legislative website Love which was a long time ago, but it was it was great research. And there is a paper out there. There's actually a publication out there with the Louisiana state legislature so
Faith Richard:cool.
Amber Narro:The history of that website. Cool. So, yeah, it's very cool. And when one of the things that I'm excited about for you is that you're getting to see it live, like these students get to see it live. They don't understand oftentimes that they can actually go into those committee rooms.
Amber Narro:They can pull a card and speak on behalf or against whatever's being argued in those committees. So and I have absolutely seen it in my time hanging out at the state legislature because I love it, which is really dorky, but I do. And I've absolutely seen times when people, like, just real walking around talking people, have gone up, pulled a card, made a difference in a vote. So it is it is possible. It is probable that your voice will be heard and that it will actually be that you'll make a difference, particularly if somebody who's sitting there is dependent on you and your family for your vote.
Amber Narro:So that's that's the whole purpose though, isn't it? Is that we're the the legislators are responsive as well as responsible to their to their constituency.
Faith Richard:Yeah. Absolutely. And back to your question about how much I've learned so far from the last four days. I took this opportunity because I really didn't know much about the process, the Louisiana legislative process. So I took this opportunity as a way to learn more, to apply to my future career in environmental studies and environmental policy making.
Faith Richard:So I don't claim to know everything relating to government and policy making, but it's been a very interesting past few days to see all of the logistics that go into it, especially in the capital itself. You think that it's just like the government officials, but it's really like the security guards and the receptionists and the legislative assistants. Those people are putting in lots and lots of work. So it's been fun to communicate with everyone in all of the different floors and whatnot.
Amber Narro:Indeed. So we were there on the first day. Mhmm. Right? Opening the opening day of this the 2026 session.
Amber Narro:Yes. So lots of excitement going around. Lots of people there.
Faith Richard:Definitely.
Amber Narro:And our group was supposed to present at 01:00. Uh-huh. And guess who showed up at 01:00 to do a speech? Was it governor Jeff Landry? That was the governor.
Amber Narro:Yes. Yes. It was. The governor showed up. Yep.
Amber Narro:And we were like
Faith Richard:Not far from him. Great.
Amber Narro:Fantastic. So we went down. We went up into
Faith Richard:the law. Yes.
Amber Narro:And we're listening. Wow. Thank you for seeing us. I feel seen. Very good.
Amber Narro:But we were listening, and that was a great opportunity. And, of course, we shifted sometimes around. We ended up presenting at three rather than at one. And the students did not mind at all because they got that opportunity. And it's one that you can take advantage of.
Amber Narro:I mean, anybody can walk in the state legislature, you know, as long as you go in and you don't have anything sharp on you and you and you walk through the doors and put your stuff through the the security, you can walk in and hear the governor too. Right? And we we had no special name tags, no special anything. They didn't check for anything as I was coming through the door. I say this because I want people to hear me that if you wanna go, you can go.
Amber Narro:You can go and sit in the committee meetings. You can go and listen. You can go and let your voice be heard. You can call your state legislator and let them know you're on the way if you want to, and they'll they may have some time to talk to you, but you the process is very personable and approachable if you want it to be.
Faith Richard:Yeah. Absolutely.
Amber Narro:I think that one of the like you said in the very beginning, that one of the things that we are all concerned about is that is that lawmakers and and people who are in those offices are scary and intimidating and not approachable. But I really think that when you go and you see that they do wanna talk to you, that that truly makes a difference in the way that you think about this process and the real the reality of it, and it is not so scary. And that's why it's so important for you to do what you're doing right now so you can bring this information back to students here at Southeastern. So thank you for that. Thank you for your work.
Amber Narro:Now you've got a lot you were a student at LSMSA. You you have a curious spirit. Right? And you want to know everything. Yes.
Amber Narro:And you like to dive in and get really into some of the things that you're doing. Tell me about the experience. Let's let's back up just a little bit to LSMSA and going there and deciding to literally leave your home as a young teenager and go to Natchitoches and and hang out there for a few years?
Faith Richard:Yeah. So definitely a very unique experience. I moved away from home when I was 15, and I applied to the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, which is a public residential high school. So I wanna make that very clear. It's a public school.
Faith Richard:Though it's a boarding school, there's no tuition. So, yeah, I applied when I was 15 because I wanted to further my education and be surrounded by fellow high school students who also were very curious in nature. And it was definitely definitely a unique once in a lifetime opportunity. I was there for three years of high school, and I learned a lot of time management skills, I will say. So that's how I've been able to apply it to my extracurriculars at Southeastern because I learned a lot of time management, balancing college level classes, extracurriculars, living away from home, friends and family, res life, all the good things.
Faith Richard:So
Amber Narro:And you came in with a lot of college credit Yes. I came to Southeastern.
Faith Richard:Over 40,
Amber Narro:I believe. And you and I had to kinda sit down and make sure that we were still able to take some honors classes, and and we were able to do that. And you were also able to get involved in lots of things on campus. And the great thing about that, and I do wanna say this, students do not have to go to LSMSA to get dual enrollment credit. Right?
Amber Narro:You can do it right from your house at your place. Yeah. Right? At your school that you go to now. You don't have to move away.
Amber Narro:It is a fantastic experience. Yes. I had a cousin who did LSMSA when we were in high school. I did not go. That is not something that was for me.
Amber Narro:Wanted to It's not for everyone. I wanted to stay home and be my cheerleader at LaRoger, that was great for me, I was having a good time, right?
Faith Richard:Cute,
Amber Narro:yeah. Yeah, very cute. And was glad I did that, you know, as you are LSMS. Right. And the the wonderful thing about dual enrollment credit is that you can get all of these hours.
Amber Narro:Right? I have a love hate relationship with it sometimes because I've as the honors director, sometimes I really have to sit down for an hour or two with a student and go, okay. What how can we make sure that you still can get your honors path together? We always find a way, by the way. And we also I I appreciate that students do it who want to do it, but you don't have to.
Amber Narro:Yeah. You know? And that's okay. It's it's if it's not for you, if you're not ready to to live in that college kind of mindset, that's okay too. Yeah.
Amber Narro:So we can go at our own pace here. We don't all need to be faith Yeah. And get forty hours. We can get three just to get a taste of college so you'll understand what it's like and and kinda understand how we're going about that if you're not ready to do that. I came in with zero.
Amber Narro:We didn't have dual enrollment credit at that time. Right? And and that was okay as well. I think that people will rush themselves or not rush themselves enough at this time. And I think that the thing that we have to all discover about ourselves is how much is enough for us and which where do we wanna spend our time?
Amber Narro:And there's no wrong answer for that. Yeah. You know? And I appreciate that you've busted it and gotten where you are
Faith Richard:Yes.
Amber Narro:With this. You're also serving on Student Government Association here at Southeastern. Yes. And how'd you get into that?
Faith Richard:Oh, yeah. So it started as my campaign for freshman senator last semester in the fall.
Amber Narro:Why you wanna do that? Oh,
Faith Richard:because I was a freshman, and I saw the word freshman in the title, and I said, hey. This is an opportunity for me to get involved. I'm interested in government, and I think this would be a great opportunity. And it was a great opportunity because I got to learn more about campaigning, what goes into being a freshman senator, what it means to learn about representing the student body. And although I didn't win that election, things led to things, and I now serve on the executive branch.
Faith Richard:I'm chief of staff this semester right under our SGA president, Marina Chiva. And this has been an amazing opportunity because it has given me a taste like you said, I'm I'm very curious. I'm I'm very intellectually curious. So it's given me a taste of everything from creative to government documents to, you know, presenting at our student senate. Like, everything that goes into student government is kind of what my job as chief of staff entails.
Faith Richard:So it's been very exciting and very fun and very eye opening.
Amber Narro:Alright. You've had a very full freshman year. Yes. You are still a freshman
Faith Richard:Still a freshman.
Amber Narro:Here at Southeastern even though and look. She's got more hours than she needs to be a freshman. We get that, but we're still calling her a freshman. Yes. So with with being an honor student, even if you come in with that many hours, we still treat you like a first year student because we give a lot of perks for that.
Amber Narro:Right? Like, the students get to participate in honors classes. They also get to earn credits towards sophomore honors distinction. LLCs. Yes.
Amber Narro:You get to live in the living learning community as well as a freshman. That's a a perk of being a freshman. And we we certainly want we don't want to disrupt anyone from having that true experience. You were also in the Southeastern ten seventeen class, which is the introduction to Southeastern class where you learn about all of the things that are available to you. And I I really wanna encourage people or students to take that SE ten seventeen class.
Faith Richard:Mhmm.
Amber Narro:To treat your freshman year, even if you're coming in with a lot of hours, don't skip over all of the opportunities of that freshman experience to learn things like about the the experience that opened the door for you to go to the state legislature. Yeah. Tell me about that.
Faith Richard:Yeah. So how did I get this opportunity? So during my campaign for freshman senator, I was standing in the breezeway, and that was a day that we had a supreme a Louisiana Supreme Court leader, chief justice John Weimer, was on campus, and he was presenting. And it was just fate really. He was walking through the breezeway, saw my campaign SGA.
Faith Richard:He shook my hand. He asked me what I was running for and he was like, oh, I was very involved in SGA when he was at Nichols. So he told me to reach out to him and I did. I followed up and he was very proud that I actually stuck with my word and followed up with him. And so we had a good phone call, and he suggested that I reach out to our representatives, miss Nikki Muscarello.
Faith Richard:And so I followed up with him about a page opportunity. And and, you know, here comes January, and I hear back from representative Muscarella about a page opportunity. And so I applied. They selected me, and I started in March.
Amber Narro:So did you see chief justice Weimer
Faith Richard:on Monday? On Monday, I shook his hand. I thanked him again for the opportunity. He was very glad to see me. He introduced me to a few other representatives.
Faith Richard:It was it was a very good connection to have, and I'm very glad that our paths crossed.
Amber Narro:Indeed. And we have a very good relationship with another member of the Louisiana Supreme Court right now is judge Penzada. She's serving in an interim position there right now. She has come over from the Louisiana Court of Appeals, First Circuit Court of Appeals, and she brings that event to Southeastern once a year. And, of course, this year, since she's on she's serving as an interim on the Louisiana Supreme Court Mhmm.
Amber Narro:She is not able to participate in that this year, but we're bringing it back to Southeastern next So you'll you'll be okay. You'll get the experience for sure.
Faith Richard:I'd love to hear
Amber Narro:her. Indeed. She's wonderful. She's wonderful. And she loves Southeastern.
Amber Narro:So we appreciate judge Panzato for sure. That's judge Allison Panzato. Okay. Fantastic. Know.
Amber Narro:Wonderful supporter of Southeastern and really she'll that'll be next spring. It'll be coming back because she she loves doing it. Okay. Tell me, since you've had such a great freshman year already, what are your goals past this? You know?
Faith Richard:Oh. What's next? I'm studying abroad this summer. Well, I'm going to Yosemite, but I'm part of the Southeastern Study away. Abroad.
Faith Richard:Yes. Study away. Away. That's the right term. Mhmm.
Faith Richard:I'm I'm very excited for that, for environmental sociology because I'm a environmental science concentration here at Southeastern. So I really wanna work in environmental policy, environmental science, coastal restoration, that kind of stuff. So I'm excited to take more wetland style classes, ecology classes. As far as my extracurricular goals, I want to be very involved on campus with community service. I want to stay with SGA.
Faith Richard:I want to remain an active member of my sorority. I'm also president of Reconnect, the sustainability organization on campus. And we host the monthly farmers market. So those are always very fun. I don't know.
Faith Richard:I don't really like to plan out things too far in advance because things always change.
Amber Narro:And Yeah.
Faith Richard:You know, something can happen that an opportunity can arise and you would never even expect it. So kinda just like to live life.
Amber Narro:Absolutely. Yeah. When they say God laughs at your plan Yeah.
Faith Richard:Or whatever. Yeah. Exactly.
Amber Narro:You plan out too far. Yeah. Good luck with that.
Faith Richard:Yeah. Exactly.
Amber Narro:Indeed. Things definitely change.
Faith Richard:Yeah.
Amber Narro:Now with the legislature legislature, are there any bills that you've looked at that you're like, that's interesting. Oh,
Faith Richard:no specific ones yet, but I think governor Jeff Landry did an amazing job during his presentation on Monday. He talked a lot about what the house has accomplished so far regarding their bills, you know, teachers, education, insurance, all those kinds of things. So it was very eye opening to be literally, like, two feet away from him sitting at the printer. I was on printer duty, and he was just right there addressing everyone in Louisiana.
Amber Narro:So Printer duty.
Faith Richard:Printer duty.
Amber Narro:That's very important. What is this printer duty?
Faith Richard:Okay. So I sit at the printer at the very front of the house chamber.
Amber Narro:Sorry to be more interested in the printer duty than I was about,
Faith Richard:like, step planning speech
Amber Narro:because I already heard that.
Faith Richard:Yes.
Amber Narro:So I haven't heard about printer duty
Faith Richard:yet. At the very front of the house chamber, there are two printers. The chamber is split in half. So there's 50 so representatives on one side, on the other side. And every time they print something from their seat, I look at who printed it, read the chart, see what seat they're in, and I go bring it to them.
Faith Richard:Oh, I love it. Yep. I love But, you know?
Amber Narro:It sounds like a very organized process.
Faith Richard:Yes. It really is.
Amber Narro:What other things that you have to do on Monday or this week
Faith Richard:in general? Yeah. So, you know, orientation process is learning about badging in, our important head pages.
Amber Narro:Head pages. Head pages, those are
Faith Richard:the people that are in charge of us as the high school college age pages. And they are, like, older college age students. So who are, like, really in their maybe grad school days. But we kind of
Amber Narro:you wanna be a head Yes.
Faith Richard:I would love to be a head page.
Amber Narro:Okay. I think
Faith Richard:that's very interesting. One of my favorite experiences this week has been getting to know my fellow pages. I I mean, I've only gone for three days now and we're all very very close. We have a big text message group chat. And they're all from different areas around the state.
Faith Richard:That's been very fun. But on Monday, we got a tour of the capital. So we got to go into a few different offices and learn about where they host the one thing I've learned is that they're very hands on. So there's so many offices that have, like, stacks and stacks and stacks of bills. I feel like today, you think most things are online, but no.
Faith Richard:It's, like, literally stacks of bills that we're moving around the capital on all different floors.
Amber Narro:The same thing is available online. Yes. I do wanna reiterate that, but there is a paper process because they need to they make handwritten notes and things like that. Yeah. And you still need to read from paper because it's easier to It is easier to consume if it is on paper.
Amber Narro:Not everyone really likes to look at a screen to to read things. So that's when we're talking about stacks, it's just because it's easier to read. Yeah.
Faith Richard:But I think it's also very important. Like you said, it's easier to read, easier to hold, and easier for the state legislators to put their eyes on and really see what's happening in
Amber Narro:our state. And go back and forth for sure. Indeed. I appreciate you coming to share your experience with us and sharing how other students can get involved. How can you?
Amber Narro:If you are wanting to become a page or if you're wanting to get this experience Mhmm. Could I, if I were young and in high school and Absolutely. College, could I do this?
Faith Richard:I I love this question so much. So I mentioned the LA Ledge app earlier, or you can just, like you said, go on the state Louisiana legislator website and find out who your state representative is. They'll have their email or a phone number. Contact them as soon as possible in the summer or the fall, and say, hey, I'm in high school. I'm in college.
Faith Richard:I'm interested in serving as your page. And usually, the information comes out within January. And it's a short application process, but they want to know why you're interested in doing it, your goals, your college major, things like that. And then hopefully you get the job. But, yes, I definitely would encourage every student to apply because, like I said, the representatives are very excited to see young people interested in politics.
Amber Narro:Thank you. It's easy right now Mhmm. With you know, I use these buzzwords as polarized, divisive, you know, all these things that it's easy for us as a as a citizenship, I guess, to turn it off and walk away. You know? And senator Wheat came and talked to my class that I'm doing, the honors one zero five seven class.
Amber Narro:It's focusing on the nineteen eighty three floods. And he came in and he shared with us that he really worked with other legislators across the aisle to make sure that that forty year old lawsuit was finally funded and settled and and done. Right? And just funded, I guess. It had been settled.
Amber Narro:But he he came in and and almost and really tried to impress upon the students that it's so important to be involved Mhmm. Right now. And if and and that it is easy to be involved, but it's also very easy for us to to turn it off Right. Right now. Talk about the good things that are going on as we're coming out so that we can encourage people that it's okay to still be involved even when the big picture is kind of making you feel like you wanna stay away.
Amber Narro:Talk about those little things that'll us to have some excitement around what's going on in Louisiana.
Faith Richard:Yeah. So this is, again, part of the reason I took this opportunity to learn more about the little things. So I hope as my employment progresses, I learn more and I'm able to talk more about the little things that are going on. But that's a very great point. It's very easy to say, oh, this bill doesn't affect me.
Faith Richard:But in reality, it does affect everyone in Louisiana and everyone in our state, everyone in our country. So whether something doesn't like the Bill title doesn't necessarily look like it pertains to you, but it affects our community, it affects our grocery stores, it affects our roads, all those things go into makes us a community. So I think it's very important to stay involved. Now, that's not to say you have to show up at the Capitol every day and lobby for your interest. But reading articles, knowing who your representatives are, that's a big one.
Faith Richard:Knowing who your
Amber Narro:senators Send them messages.
Faith Richard:Yeah, send them messages, email them, Call them. All those kinds of things help you to stay involved and aware of what's going on.
Amber Narro:Indeed. Indeed. Thank you.
Faith Richard:Thank you
Amber Narro:i appreciate you stopping by. I just thought this was a great opportunity to talk to you. When I saw you on Monday, I I knew I didn't have a guest yet on Thursday. I was like, that's that's my guest.
Faith Richard:Thank you so much for having me. It was exciting.
Amber Narro:Indeed. And thank you for joining us here on ninety point nine The Lion. I've been here with Faith Richard. Speaking of page with the Louisiana State Legislature this year for the 2026 session. Got all kinds of goals still even though she's busy right now.
Amber Narro:So we're glad to have her and glad at Southeastern to have her encouraging other students to ask for opportunities like this. You don't you don't have to be in a certain place at a certain time. You just show up where you need to be to get it done, and we'll help you get the paths to these. So we appreciate all of you for listening, and just come see me in the honors program. We'll figure it out.
Amber Narro:Yeah. So thank you.
Faith Richard:Thank you.
Amber Narro:Alright. And thank you for listening here at nine point nine The Lion. This is Amber Narro. Y'all have a great day.
Todd Delaney:Thank you for joining us today. If you missed any part of the show, you can listen to the Lion's Roundtable on demand at our website, lionupradio.org. The podcast version is also available for download from Amazon, Google, Spotify, and TuneIn.
