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I grew up mostly in the small town of Anna, Illinois. I also lived in Minnesota for about a year when I was four-years-old.

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I have a HUGE family- I have hundreds of cousins, literally. My younger sister Molly (my only sibling) and I grew up being around cousins almost daily.
From left to right, here’s our cousin Mariel, me, and Molly.

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Here is my mom, me, my sister, and my step-dad.

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My first job (besides babysitting) was at Tropical Sno when I was 16! After that, I worked in my church’s nursery. During summer of 2015, I was an intern at my church and although it was hard work, I absolutely loved it! Here I am with the other interns.

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I had a few jobs in between, but when I lived in Chicago I worked at a place called Erie Neighborhood House. I was the Literacy Programs Intern.
Erie is doing a lot of work to help their community- here’s their webpage to see some!

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We're proud of folks like Asael Reyes, an Erie House graduate, board member and community leader whose story is highlighted in the One Chicago campaign to facilitate access to resources and support for all Chicagoans.

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Now I am a manager at Dairy Queen! Working in food service is harder than people think- but nice customers and some fun employees make it enjoyable.

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I absolutely love musical theatre! I started doing it when I was eight, and haven’t been able to do it since I was 19. I can’t wait until I can be on stage again! Here I am in one of my favorite roles, Marty Maraschino in “Grease”!

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I also really love singing, though I can be pretty shy about it. If I wasn’t becoming a teacher, I would love to pursue music. This is my friend Andrew and I singing at an event in Chicago!

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One of my favorite places is Disney World! My best friend is a cast member there, doing the Disney College Program.

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Here’s a (bad) drawing of one of my favorite movies... think you can guess what it is?
(Notice I never claimed to be good at visual art)