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Dance is a big part of my life. I spent 13 years dancing, 8 of those years were spent on a competitive team. I’ve tried many different styles of dance including Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Tumbling, and Contemporary. My favorite style would have to be either Ballet or contemporary. I was in Ballet West’s Nutcracker in 2012 & 2013. I would spend my weekends competing my dances like the video linked below or I would spent all weekend doing what we call conventions where we would spend up to 12 hrs a day taking classes from big name choreographers. Some of these artists are Travis Wall (SYTYCD), Twitch (Ellen show), Kenny Wormald (Footloose 2011). This is my favorite dance I have ever performed.

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I grew up with parents who were a part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS religion. Living in a religious home helped shape me be who I am today in terms of what my values are and how I want to live my life. Without religion, I know I would be dealing with some kind of addiction problem (most likely alcohol). I would be living on the streets or trying to crash on someone’s couch. I would not be in college right now because I would not have finished high school. I would not have with a job in a successful career that I enjoy. Religion has kept me grounded in the best way possible and I hate imagining my life without religion.

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I never felt understood or that people cared how I felt when I was younger. I use music to help me cope with how I am feeling. If I listen to the lyrics I can usually find a song that explains what I am feeling in that moment. I also use music to help with my mood. If I want to be happy, I put on music that makes me happy. If I want to cry I’ll find songs that help me cry. If I’m sad and want to be happy music is able to do that as well. I also like to find a song and dance to that song, the moment helps relive whatever emotion I am feeling.

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I have been working at Huntsman Cancer Institute as a Medical Assistant for the last 3 months. I can tell you that although I have not been there long at all, my patients have changed my life for the better. For the most part I work with our lung cancer providers. I get the amazing opportunity to see my patients at least every three weeks while they are receiving their chemo and radiation therapy. My patients are either getting their original cancer diagnosis, treatment, have gone into remission or are receiving news that it has metastasized (most of the time to the brain making their diagnosis terminal). I work in a very emotional place that many people would not enjoy working at. Everyday we are told how they are so thankful for us and we are changing their lives when in reality, getting to hear these patients life stories and how they’re coping and learning about their disease gives us just as much hope.

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My family is my everything. They will always come first! Friends come and go but at the end of the day, my mom, dad, brother, and sister are always there and have my back. Each family member has their strengths and weaknesses. I like to think I can pick the traits I like and am able to implement them I’m my own life. The traits I don’t like I can look to myself and see if I have the same ones to change them. My family has made me who I am today and I wouldn’t change them for the world.