March 17, 2023
Junior Daneev Imbert is thought throughout campus for her energetic management roles in over a half dozen organizations, golf equipment and departments. Regardless of her busy calendar, Imbert’s foremost focus is scheduling time to carry pleasure to others.
“I prefer to make individuals chortle, everybody ought to have just a little pleasure of their lives,” mentioned Imbert, a enterprise finance main from Miami.
Imbert discovered her place as a frontrunner in highschool and knew she needed to hold that into school. The daughter of Haitian and Dominican immigrants, she has used her management expertise to assist minority college students discover their residence at The Catholic College of America.
“My aspirations and dedication have at all times stemmed from all of the sacrifices (my dad and mom) made for me and my siblings,” mentioned Imbert.
Imbert is a founding member and president of the Migrant Rights Coalition, a cultural group on campus that helps the dignity and rights of migrants, immigrants, refugees and first-generation Individuals by way of advocacy, outreach and inclusivity.
“Understanding that I am making a distinction within the CUA neighborhood and amplifying voices that go unnoticed or unheard is what evokes me to maintain going,” mentioned Imbert. “At the same time as a pupil I am making a distinction.”
As a first-year pupil, Imbert participated in Take Flight, a program from the Heart for Cultural Engagement that accompanies first-generation college students as they transition to College life. Now an upperclassmen, she offers again by mentoring first-year college students.
Imbert can be concerned in management roles with the Black Pupil Alliance, Campus Ministry’s service and justice workplace, and Orientation and he or she works with the Workplace of Campus Actions and the Pupil Philanthropy Council.
Imbert mentioned she receives unimaginable assist in her service work from the Heart for Cultural Engagement. She additionally credit her lessons on the Busch Faculty of Enterprise for her management formation.
“There’s lots of issues I’ve discovered about myself whereas taking these lessons; studying how one can be a very good chief and how one can assist others,” mentioned Imbert.
In summer season 2022, Imbert went on a Campus Ministry Service and Justice Immersion Journey to Los Angeles that ministered to individuals in rehabilitation, inspiring her to work extra after commencement in gang rehabilitation and immigration.
Imbert hopes to earn a grasp’s diploma in social work and work with nonprofits. She additionally goals of opening her personal enterprise, similar to a dance studio or recreation heart for youngsters in low earnings communities.
Imbert’s three keys to success in servant management are empathy, listening and kindness.
“Typically it’s onerous to be a pupil chief and in addition be a pupil,” mentioned Imbert. “Nevertheless it’s helped me notice my place right here at Catholic is to assist and assist others.”