Who I Am

A little about me:

In General: I am a well known helper. So much so my dear friends nicknamed me "Grandma". I love to take care of people. This lead me to my major of Family Studies. One of the reasons I chose to take this class and go to Jerusalem was to experience the culture of Israel and gain a different perspective of family in a global sense.

I go to school full time and work two jobs so I am also very busy! I work at the Marketplace on Neil, a campus dining establishment, and OSU Tutoring and Clinical Program, a tutoring center for children. I love my parents very much and we are very close. I am typically shy at first but over time I am able to open up.

Music: One of the most important things in my life is music. Most of my music tastes revolve around Indie and Classic Rock genres, but Experimental and Ambient are also some of my favorites. I have been to well over 500 concerts so far, including a few large music festivals. A large portion of my paycheck goes to music related endeavors! I would definitely consider myself to be a music junkie. My favorites include:
Radiohead, The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, BoomBox, Animal Collective, Led Zeppelin, Lotus, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The photograph to the left is Radiohead at Lollapalooza in 2008. I will never forget that concert!




Art: I am an amateur photographer. I love to go on photography adventures! I have hundreds of pictures of flowers posted all over my room. I consider them to be my own mini "botanical garden". I love photographing everything about nature. It is so complex and with a camera you can look at it from so many different angles. I mostly use a Nikon N75 35mm camera for floral photography, but I also use a digital camera. A few of my favorite photographs are posted below. My bedroom is absolutely filled with art: tapestries, posters of art and my favorite bands, news articles I enjoy, paintings that have been made by my friends, and photographs of my friends. I hardly have any white on my walls!














Food: I love to bake and enjoy cooking. So do not be surprised if I bring in cupcakes for everyone! I love Mediterranean and Italian cuisine. I am not a vegetarian, however, I prefer to eat vegetarian substitutes for meat. My perfect meal would be a veggie burger with spicy hummus. Yum!

Feel free to post any questions in the comments section :)