Photo: Michelle Cassidy/The Hoya

Once a week, The Hoya recognizes a staffer that has done a particularly awesome job – now you get to know about them too! As part of our Leavey 421 series, we’ll be posting quick interviews with each Staffer of the Week on Tuesday nights.

Name: Michael Grasso
Position on The Hoya: Director of Personnel
School: SFS
Year: 2014
Major: Regional Comparative Studies
Hometown: New YorkWestchester, NY
How did you earn Staffer of the Week?
Reworking and managing our application process (Ed note: like a pro!).

What’s your spirit animal? Why?
“Well, I think birds are cool because then I wouldn’t have to pay for airfare.”

If you could be any vegetable, which vegetable would you be?
“I’d like to be an eggplant. Purple is awesome.”

Leavey 421 is a recurring series that goes behind the scenes of The Hoya to bring you the most interesting, exciting and peculiar bits of the lives of Hoya staffers. If you want to learn more about joining The Hoya, please contact us.