Time transcripts of Marissa's_Narrative_trimmed

[00:00:00:00]	Interviewer: OK, if you could please give your name 

[00:00:02:00]	and a brief introduction about yourself.

[00:00:04:00]	Marissa: Hi, I'm Marissa Briggs.

[00:00:06:00]	I'm a sophomore nursing student at Ohio State and I'm a Pi Phi as well.

[00:00:11:00]	Interviewer: OK, and what do you think of when

[00:00:13:00]	you hear the word literacy?

[00:00:15:00]	Marissa: Literacy to me is just reading, writing, 

[00:00:17:09]	whether it be in school, magazines, reading for fun, like seeing things around campus

[00:00:24:00]	that are interesting. Like, pretty much literacy is everywhere.

[00:00:28:13]	Interviewer: OK, and what are, what is your earliest memory 

[00:00:31:26]	that you associate with literacy as you described it, like reading or writing?

[00:00:36:02]	Marissa: I really can't even remember a time when 

[00:00:38:02]	I didn't know, like, how to read or was writing. 

[00:00:41:23]	I've been doing that forever, that was my favorite thing when I was growing up

[00:00:45:02]	like reading books with my mom, reading 

[00:00:48:02]	with older elementary schoolers when we were just learning, like hearing stories.

[00:00:52:02]	And so I know I've always been really interested in books and literature.

[00:00:57:02]	Interviewer: Like what are your thoughts about 

[00:00:59:02]	the perception of literacy or illiteracy in the community?

[00:01:02:02]	Marissa: Well, since I am a Pi Phi, I know that 

[00:01:04:03]	literacy is a really important issue. We do a lot to promote

[00:01:08:03]	that and raise money for the cause, but I know it seems 

[00:01:12:03]	to other people that literacy isn't a really big problem right now

[00:01:16:03]	because it's sometimes hard to see in our everyday community, 

[00:01:19:00]	but if you look at the problem it actually is a lot more prevalent than you would think. 

[00:01:23:15]	Interviewer: OK, and how do you think you can promote

[00:01:26:04]	literacy in your community or make an effect on illiteracy today. 

[00:01:30:04]	Marissa: I know through Pi Phi

[00:01:32:04]	there's a lot of ways we've gotten involved, just raising money

[00:01:36:04]	for literacy, or whether it be going to elementary schools and volunteering 

[00:01:40:04]	with the younger students who might have problems

[00:01:44:04]	learning how to read, and a girl in our sorority even did a pen 

[00:01:48:04]	pal program where she wrote back and forth with a younger student

[00:01:52:04]	and they became friends, so I know 

[00:01:54:04]	there's a lot of different ways you can get involved. 

[00:01:56:04]	Interviewer: And do you have any memory that you would 

[00:01:59:04]	associate with getting involved with literacy

[00:02:01:04]	in the community today? 

[00:02:02:04]	Marissa: I know back in high school 

[00:02:04:04]	I used to do this Ohio Reads Program, where I'd go read with students

[00:02:09:05]	after school for half an hour, and that was a really cool experience.