Meredith Espinosa

Reporter, Checker, Prioritizer

Participation in World Cafés

The world cafés were an interesting experience for me. I spent most of the time listening in on other people’s ideas while trying to figure out what sort of thing I would want to pitch. I helped people talk through a lot of logistics and potential roadblocks for their ideas, along with giving suggestions to more refine people’s goals and what they really want. I ultimately decided to work on the self-op food system for Evergreen, since it’s something that directly affects me and the rest of my time here at Evergreen.

Learning Compass

01_Where Have I Been?

I’ve only just come from high school, which had a lot of focus on group work and applying knowledge. I worked a lot on developing self-directed learning habits to work with my school’s independent-learning-based structure. Due to the general-ed nature of high school, I haven’t really had much time to focus on any specific area of study I enjoy, but in my off time I’ve put in a lot of focus on electronics and computer systems.

02_Where Am I Now?

Right now, I’m getting my first taste of work in a corporate environment, as well with my first experiences with more heavily lecture-based and intensive classes. I’m still working on finding things that motivate me and finding the ways that I learn best, and having a lack of much motivation is currently one of my biggest challenges. Without motivation, it’s hard for me to focus on things or think of ways to improve what I’m working on, which keeps me stuck where I am.

03_Where Am I Going?

I’m not sure where I’m headed just yet. I don’t really know what I’m interested in or what motivates me, so I can’t plot a roadmap before I find that out. I really wanna develop my abilities to focus and learn, and I need to find motivations so I can have a target to use to learn.

04_How Do I Get Where I Want To Go?

I need to explore a lot of subject areas to find one I really click in, and probably build a network of folks to help suggest things I might enjoy.

05_How Do I Know I Have Reached My Goals?

Since my goal right now is finding things I’m interested in, I’ll know I’ve reached it when I have something I want to do and am ready to set new goals focused around that interest.