By John Mossey | Editor-in-Chief
Courtesy of Jasson Alvarado-Gomez
JM: What were you able to accomplish this semester? Things you were proud of, things you didn’t expect to accomplish but did?
JA: There are many things that I wasn’t expecting. One thing was my movie. I just wanted to get it done, I wasn’t planning to have a movie premier or to have a big event, but it just happened. About a month ago, people were telling me, “We want to see the movie, we want to see the movie.” So I decided to make the event, and now it’s happening. That’s one of the things that I’m really proud of. But also, I became the Student Trustee for next year and I was also selected to be on the board of Higher Education for 2016-2017.
JM: So let me ask you this: Coming from Honduras to the United States, did you expect you were ever going to accomplish what you have thus far?
JA: No (laughs), you know I was planning to go to school to learn English and then work so that way I can help my family. I remember going to school my freshman year and the teachers were always talking about dreams and things that you can do, asking what you want to do in life, things like that. I knew I had a passion for TV, so I knew that I wanted to do something with Tv or movies. I went through my freshman year, then my sophomore year and then I discovered college. I didn’t know about college. My junior year, I was like, “Okay, I want to go to college. I want to graduate high school. And I want to become a movie-maker.” But I never thought that I was going to be able to do all of the things that I’m doing now, you know? It’s just amazing, I’m really happy.
JM: How does it feel to have accomplished so much when you never expected to?
JA: It feels strange because I have a lot of pressure on me. People have counted on me, they say, “Oh Jasson, he can do that,” and they believe that I can do things and I don’t like letting people down. So it’s happiness but at the same time, it’s like: oh my god, I have to do my best for everything I do. So that’s a lot. For me in this past month I haven’t been sleeping good, I haven’t had the same kind of life because I’m constantly doing things and it’s crazy, but it’s good too.
JM: What’s the future look like now that you’re the Student Trustee and on the Board of Higher Ed?
JA: You know, I just want them to remember me. That’s one thing that I’ve said, that I’m going to do the best I can. I’m going to work with all Student Trustees from Massachusetts and I want to get to know them so we can do the best we can for the schools. I believe that education is key, and I really care about education and people going to school. So I’m going to do the best I can to make school better for everyone.
JM: How will your new positions affect your future with movies?
JA: I wasn’t expecting it to go this way, but it’s happening and I always says, “If I have the opportunity to do it, I will do it.” But I will always have time to make my own movies. Like, I think you can do both things, you know? I want to do both things, so maybe I can mix them up. I do want to do both though, because I have a passion for both.
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