My Personal Introduction

I'm a creative mind. An explorer. Seeker of adventure.

I've always learned best outside the box. I was homeschooled since kindergarten, and when I was younger my math worksheets had pictures on them. I used to color the cars in with my pencil. As I got older I found the wonderful world of Legos, and would spend hours on the floor in my room building starships to stage epic space battles with, or designing cars to compete with my diecast cars. When I was around 10 or 11 I discovered video games, but I never enjoyed playing just to complete them. Instead, I would try to find as many cool hidden paths or glitches as I could. I got bored doing the same thing everyone else did when they played the game, and always had the most fun trying something different and creative to spice things up a bit.

Boy Scouts was a large part of my youth as well, and I can remember many nights spent in the woods with just my backpack, a tent and sleeping bag, and my fellow Scouts. We earned merit badges, tied knots, learned how to handle firearms safely, canoed and whitewater rafted, and even cooked over a campfire (sometimes a grill too). And I earned my Eagle Scout rank in the process so I have something to show for it! 

When I was 16, I got my first "real" job working at Chick-fil-A (prior to this position I helped my dad with his construction business but I wasn't officially an "employee"). This position helped me come out of my homeschool shell and become more confident in starting conversations with the guests, who were usually complete strangers, and gave me my first taste of being a part of something that was bigger than me and working with other people to achieve a common goal. I loved it. Around the same time I started here, I began dual enrollment courses at the local community college. I took public speaking classes, my core classes, and even a computer application course.

The summer after my senior year, I took on a position at MRS Homecare. I was a kind of jack of all trades here, I unloaded shipments and organized the items, cleaned medical equipment such as CPAPs, assisted customers with finding exactly what they needed, and even made a few quick  deliveries to the hospital down the street. It was a huge lesson in staying alert and it kept me on my toes. 

Fall of 2017 I still didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, so I decided to give college a shot. That's what you're supposed to do, right? Graduate high school, get a degree, find a job, so on and so forth. So I started my freshman year with a general business major, which I figured would help no matter what field I chose since everything is a business. About halfway through my first semester, I knew it wasn't the right fit for me. It was a great experience and I'm glad I got a taste of college life, but my creative side was fidgeting and wanted to get out of the classroom. So I applied to the Praxis program (it was actually my second application), and this time I got in! I'm super excited to see where it takes me.

All this to say, I'm very confident that these experiences combined gave me the exact tools I will need in the business world. I learned flexibility, communication, a few computer skills, and most importantly I learned how to let my creativity grow and I can't wait to share it with the world.