So tell me, how did you first come across ASAP, and how would you describe the community?

Yeah.

Um, when I started at Vanderbilt in 2023, one of my colleagues, we just connected, um, I think because I had to email them, and they were like, "I'm a part of ASAP." And I had never heard of it, but they knew that I was certified in other types of admin certifications and I had a passion for learning.

Um, it's honestly one of the reasons I took my job, was I was, like, hungry for more.

And he was like, "You, you would love ASAP." So I started just stalking the website and seeing what was out there, and then I found the community page and found, like, just a place of admins talking.

And so I started joining the coffee chats every week and just participating and meeting people and talking.

And then, um, around December of last year, they reached out and they were like, "Do you wanna be one of our community managers?" I'm like, "Yeah, okay.

... and also continuing to learn yourself.