Who am I??

Yayy, I absolutely love introductions and meeting new people. Since starting this blog during quarantine I haven’t really posted very much on it as I have gotten busy. I especially have not done a little introduction about myself so here it goes:)

I am a 21-year-old college student just living life and ready to graduate!! I was born on April 20, 1999, in a small town in Virginia. Fun fact was I was lighter than a bag of flour and smaller than the size of a football because I was born 6 weeks early, crazy right? I moved to Ohio when I was around two years old. I was blessed to have two brothers so I know how to stand up for myself and fight hahaha, lots of tag team action often happened since I was in the middle. My older brother Chris is 27, and my younger brother Michael is 19.

I went to the Fairbanks school district practically my whole life and graduated from high school in 2017. I absolutely loved high school because of all the memories and friends that I made during that season. Especially all the football games every Friday night. Senior year I decided that I wanted to attend college at Mount Vernon Nazarene University to study nursing. Honestly, I was not sure what I was doing because science was my lowest grade on the ACT, and I never understood it in class. But, I was determined and thought that was for me.

Freshman year at college was so much fun, I made so many friends and memories in my dorm. The one I remember the most was shooting with water guns at people walking on the sidewalk. People probably thought we were crazy. However, I went through some friendship loss during that first year that was difficult. Sophomore year, I got to live in an apartment which was a big privilege since I was an RA (resident assistant). I still was studying nursing and working way too many hours. This year was the hardest year for me academically and with other things in life. I was forced to lean into God and trust him, and blessed me with good friends that needed the most in that time.

Remember how I said I was not good at science? Well, that came true this year where I STRUGGLED hardcore with my nursing classes, where I eventually ended up failing one. Let’s just say nursing was not for me. I FAILED and felt that my life was falling apart. It was a hard year but a very good season of growth that I would not change for the world. I learned to trust God more because of everything that happened in my life. This was the year that I stepped out and was able to travel to Guyana, in South America for the first time on a service-learning trip with my college. I was able to make some amazing friendships and people. That following summer I traveled back to Guyana with a friend, where I was able to continue to build relationships and talk about God.

It’s funny how things work out sometimes because the first two years of college people would ask me all the time if I was a social work major. But, tbh I didn't even know what that was, nor did I care what they were talking about. My eyes were focused on nursing and nursing alone. Turns out my sophomore year summer I found out one of my friends from work was a social work major at OSU and it never truly clicked until then. So at the beginning of my junior year, I changed my major. I know what I was thinking?? Switching your major? Can we please normalize this because how at 18 years old or younger are you supposed to decide what you wanna do FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? I mean that is a really big decision for me.

Junior year was honestly amazing and I LOVED all of my classes and the things that I was learning. I totaled my new car and ended up buying another cute little care named JESUS (like the spanish name). I was blessed to travel back to Guyana for the third time with some amazing team members, praise be. However, a week after we got back, the whole world shut down...COVID. I was blessed with an amazing, compassionate, and caring roommate. Let’s just say I had so much hope for 2020 and then covid-19 hit and so many things in the world happened. From the BLM movement, George Floyd, COVID, wildfires, the election, and so much more. I wouldn’t trade this world for anything. During the shutdown, I stayed on my college campus and made some great friendships that I was able to continue from my team to Guyana.

Where am I today? I just finished my fall semester of senior year and ended with a 3.88 GPA yayy! I had an AMAZING apartment this semester which was crucial with living on campus with corona. We were practically in quarantine on campus, definitely the wildest semester ever!! Over the break, I plan to read lots and lots of books and just hang out with friends! Some things I do for fun are hammock, read, play piano, go hiking or walks, and baking (my favorite). I love love love black raspberry chip or mint chocolate chip Ice cream!

Honestly, I am just living life trying to figure out what the new “normal” is and what that looks like in this covid world. Sorry way longer than I expected but, just a little bit about me!

p.s. I could only post so many pictures (you're still important to me)