I'm known as the troublemaker in my household. Since a young age, I've always spoken my mind and did whatever I wanted to (even though it typically got me into trouble). I think my "I Don't Care" attitude is what made people like me though. I like to go with the flow of things and take my time. I'm very detail-oriented. This mindset usually works for me until I start procrastinating, but that's a different conversation for another day.
In my free time, which I barely get any of, I like to sing. I started singing at a young age in the Children's Choir at my church, and I even started participating in my school talent shows. I fell in love with performing in front of a crowd, but as I got older those types of opportunities started disappearing for me.
In middle school, I had to stop singing because I had stopped attending church and my school didn't offer anything fine arts related. To replace singing though, I fell in love with reading and writing. Before 7th grade, I had never fully read a book with more than thirty pages in it and had never typed any essays. After participating in readers' and writers' workshop though, I wrote numerous short stories and read books like the Maximum Ride series (which is my favorite series) like it was nothing. I had even once dreamed of becoming a famous author like James Patterson during this time as well.
In high school, I decided to take a different route. I joined the JROTC department and became a member of the First For Freedom Battalion. Originally, I had joined JROTC to get out of doing P.E. in high school. After my first month though, I was so devoted to the program. It gave me leadership opportunities that I had never had before, and I created friendships with people I never thought I would ever interact with. Most important of all, it helped me find my inner leader and develop my leadership skills. By the end of high school, I was one of the top ranked cadets in the program and was the Co-Captain of the best drill team in Hamilton County. Whenever I think back to high school, it was ALL about JROTC for me.
After a long list of college applications, I officially enrolled at ETSU in late May of 2015. Since becoming a buccaneer, I have participated in the QUEST program as well as Preview. I have been a Diversity Educator and Admissions Ambassador for almost two years. I also graduated from the Emerging Leaders Academy in Spring of 2016. This past fall I declared my major in Media & Communication with a concentration in Advertising and PR. I, however, am still in search of a minor. In my upcoming years as a Buc, I hope to continue being involved in QUEST, Admissions Ambassadors, and Diversity Educators as well as becoming an RA and declaring a minor.
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Created with images by StockSnap - "disney land castle night" • rjones0856 - "Walnut St. Bridge" • jill111 - "woman happiness sunrise" • Joergelman - "choir church choir light" • ZapTheDingbat - "Reading" • xoder - "JROTC Presenting the Colours" • topherson - "Saturday Morning"