About Me
Below are three short writings paired with a photograph of myself. I believe writing like this, rather than a written elevator speech, are the best way to get to know me and the kind of person I am.
I hope you enjoy!
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A short elevator speech paragraph can be found near the bottom of the page.
good HAT on your head
FUN FACT: I love hats. I love wearing hats. Though to me, a hat is more than just an accessory--it represents something. A good head on my shoulders? No! Everyone has a head on their shoulders, but a hat? A hat stands out. A hat is expressive. A hat is a tool! A hat can represent the ability to appear confident, personable, and attentive, but only when used to its full potential! At face value: a hat is a communicative tool. As an analogy? It is about morals and actions. A person chooses what hat to wear, just as they choose what morals they uphold. How someone wears a hat is the same as how someone acts on their morals. How society views and responds to a hat is the same as how society views and responds to a person’s actions. I choose my hats, I choose my actions.
Its about what you choose to show the world.
Everyone has a head, it’s how they use it that matters. I use mine for hats.
Its all about Growth
There is always room to grow, because there is always something to learn.
I continuously strive to grow as an individual, both on a personal and professional level. I believe knowledge is a forest of information. Each tree has branches, and each branch has leaves and twigs! I arrived to college a History major. I was proud to be so! But as I dove into my history classes I realized it wasn’t NESSECARILY history that I loved, it was telling others the stories. It was public speaking. So, I reached out to professors and decided to switch my major to communication. I set out to climb a new tree. Which led me to PRSSA, ODU’s Public Relation Student Society of America, and Intro to PR. My first branch. To my own disappointment, I did not feel at home in PR. I loved the skills I was learning, and opportunities that I was being given. So, I reached for another branch- Mass Media and Digital Communication; after all, my grandfather went to school for Communication and did radio for most of his life, but this didn’t feel either. I did research, research, and more research but I couldn’t find the right Comm focus for me at ODU. I needed to branch out (pun intended). So, I reached out to my previous Intro to Comm professor and told her all the things I loved most about communications. She lifted me to my next branch- Lifestyle Communications. This branch? It connected into so many parts of interpersonal communications- its comprised of so many things that I love! I found my passion!
It wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t immediate. I had to work hard. I had to study hard. I had to ask for help. I had to be honest with myself. Most importantly, I couldn't give up. It took time to grow my network and knowledge enough to find the right branch to rest on, but what’s important is I didn’t rest until I found it.
I was always in the right tree, I just needed the right amount of growth to be able reach the right branch.
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aim for impact
What do you want to be when you grow up? A timeless question, but what I want out of life is ultimately what I am aiming for. Rather than success being the end goal, it is just another step in my goal. This is because success may get me closer to the future I want, but falling short will always give me an opportunity to learn something new -- both are a step in the right direction.
But to answer everyone’s favorite question:
I want to become a professor of Communications. I want to broaden my knowledge and deepen my understanding of Interpersonal Communications, so that I may teach it to others. Understanding communication within personal relations can help people at any and all points of their life; moreover, I believe a good professor makes all the difference.
Communication can make or break a relationship, and I believe a professor can make or break a student.
A bullseye is only a small precent of the target.
I do not aim for excellence, I am for impact.