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Mentor of Youth 

I have always loved teaching and sharing my love of learning with others. At the beginning of last year, I was offered the opportunity to mentor youth in the 8th grade as a leadership coach. I mentor groups of 10-15 youth for half an hour, Monday through Thursday. We talk about various leadership principles and skills and how to implement them into our daily lives. I absolutely love watching each youth grow. Mentoring them is one of the most fulfilling parts of my day and, as cliche as it sounds, they help me to be a better person.


Creator of Movement

I'm pretty sure I was born dancing. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a ballerina. They were so graceful, elegant and beautiful. I trained for 11 years at a classical ballet school and was able to realize my dream of dancing on pointe in a gorgeous tutu. When I came to BYU, I wanted to explore more varieties of dance. My first semester I enrolled in my very first ballroom class. I was hooked by the end of the first day. Now, I dance on the BYU Ballroom Dance Company and embrace every minute of it. Dance is a way to express myself in a way that words cannot.

(Note: If you ever see someone twirling down the aisle at the grocery store with long black hair, there's a good chance that's me.)

Master Planner

My life would fall apart if I lost my planner. Between dance, a job, an internship, church callings and a full school schedule, my time tends to be stretched thin. Let's not even talk about trying to have a social life or getting a good eight hours of sleep every night. I have become very adept at planning out and sticking to a disciplined schedule each week so that I can accomplish everything asked of me. Because of this, most of my time is usually well-spent (key word being "usually") and I find that I actually do have time to relax and binge watch a season of The Office every now and then with my best friend. 

Viewer of Films

One of my fondest memories of my childhood is family movie nights. We would pop some popcorn and throw out a picnic blanket on the floor of our theater room to catch any spills. My family has watched just about every genre of movie. I've seen old classics like The Ten Commandments and Gone With the Wind to Asian films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to beloved musicals like Oklahoma and The King and I to more recent movies like Tangled and The Bourne Series. Afterwards my family critiques each film and may discuss characters and plot lines, repeat silly lines or reenact scenes for days.