“When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every question. And Obama was actually the person who let me be me. He was like, "Alyssa's not the person who wears the Ann Taylor suit. She's not the kind of person who always says the exact right thing." And I'm a bit of a wild animal. I brought a different perspective and I was a little bit more irreverent and casual.” KindDifferentHouseAnimalPerspectiveLet MeRight ThingAnxiousDifferent PerspectiveWild AnimalIrreverent Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“President Obama really just let all of us genuinely be who we were and didn't expect — I'm goofy. And so for him, he just never expected us to be any different than who we were and he wanted us to always give our opinions. He is not the kind of person who wanted to sit around and be told he was right all the time. Especially if he wasn't. And I think that seeing that in him made us all take that away with us.” ThinkingGivingKindDifferentPresidentOpinionPresident ObamaGoofy Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco