Migi Moreno, one can mistake him for a total nerd with his rectangular glasses and happy-to-serve smile always gracing his usual appearance. He is a man of average height, but not of average dreams. His main vision for the academic year is for the USG to “refocus on its role as representatives of the students.” Migi Moreno does not believe in the role of a student leader as a person who only commands a group of people. He believes that he, as a student leader, is there to represent his followers. Jose Miguel “Migi” V. Moreno, a senior PSM-LMG (Bachelor of Arts major in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Legal Management) student, is this year's De La Salle University Manila University Student Government President. But before his presidency, he has had a lot of leadership experience not just in the University Student Government, but also in his other affiliations. He was a FAST2010 Batch Student Government President during his first year, Vice President for Alliances of the Samahan ng mga Mag-Aaral ng Sikolohiya during his second year, and President of the LaSallian Scholars Society during his third year. Also, he was an exchange student at the National University of Singapore in 2012. As he entered Starbucks, he greeted me with a smile. Immediately after his arrival, we started the interview. He willingly answered all my questions which were mainly about campus politics. There was an awkward vibe to the interview at first, as I was stuttering when I asked him questions. His mellow voice, even if it was interrupted by the sound of the coffee blenders in Starbucks, helped calm me down and set the mood of the interview. Migi believed that at some point in an individual's life, he would ask himself, “What is my identity and purpose?” Being a leader of a student government, Migi Moreno believes that a university is a place for “training ourselves to be the next leaders to be the forerunners of progress and development once we are there in the real world.” It is in the university where a student finds how he or she can contribute to the society. The university, to Migi Moreno is a “microcosm of society”. Whatever action done in the university greatly influences and affects the society. “To be the change that we want to see” is a challenge that most student leaders face. Current government leaders sometimes would not exude the characteristics of the ideal leader. The university is a place where every student can form himself and practice being the ideal leader, the change that everyone wants to see. Migi Moreno sees the university as a canvas and the students as the painters. So the question would be, “If the university is our canvas and we are the painters would we choose to paint an image that would merely reflect what society is right now? Or do we paint an image that would exhibit the changes that we want to see in society?” Leading a diverse group of people, with different identities and purposes in life, is a challenge for the University Student Government President, but given his leadership experiences, Migi Moreno believes that he has a broad outlook of many student sectors in the university. It is a challenge for the student body to be one in terms of efforts and initiatives. It is through an open form of communication that the DLSU-M USG is still remains intact and acts as one. Every leader wants to leave a legacy behind after his leadership period. Most leaders’ perception of legacy is concrete, whether it be a monument or a sign that says “This project was brought to you by…” But the legacy Migi Moreno wants to have is intangible. He admits that the platform he has crafted on refocusing the USG and finding its lost identity cannot happen right away. This goal he wants to reach, he believes, is for the long run and is something that would benefit the future generations of student leaders. He has started the concept of refocusing, of finding the true purpose of a government of, for and by the students and this is the legacy he plans to leave behind. At the end of our interview, he mentioned these words from a Lasallian prayer:
“Today I start the change I want to see.
Even if I’m not the light
I can be the spark
In faith, service, and communion.
Let us start the change we want to see.
The change that begins in me.”

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Mendoza, Jan-Ace. “Independent candidate launches bid for USG presidency.” The LaSallian. De La Salle University Manila. 9 March 2013. Web. 3 August 2013. .
Moreno, Jose Miguel. Personal interview. 31 August 2013.
“MY USG PRESIDENT.” The LaSallian. De La Salle University Manila. 17 March 2013. Web. 3 August 2013.
Ong, Patrick and Sta. Romana, Michelle. “Ten Questions for new USG President Migi Moreno.” The LaSallian. De La Salle University Manila. 4 April 2013. Web. 3 August 2013.