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I completed my MA and my PhD in adolescent literacy in 2006 and 2009, respectively, at the University of Arizona :) WILDCATS! Before that I was a middle and high school English teacher in Tucson, AZ.

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This represents learning for me :) We all have so much to share and give to every step of our learning journey.

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I hated reading (print) when I was a kid. Now I have a PhD in literacy ...so something happened to me! Stay tuned! :)

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Dan, Jessye and Molly are the loves of my life. They've taught me what love means <3

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Every summer, when our girls were little, we'd load up the car the day after school finished in May and head to Cali! Pacific Coast Hwy! This is Julie Pfeiffer Burns State Park on the PCH...Bucket list location!

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I'm not typically a sad person...I'm very positive about my life and daily living. However, I have felt a sense of sadness for the last year and a half, especially, and I want to leave that dark cloud behind in 2020. I want to look forward to this semester/school year with more hope and excitement than I've felt since before the pandemic. So thrilled to be back on campus...even masked! Let's do this! :)

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I started my career teaching middle school...those kids could do a LOT with the last name Spitler [haha!] so I disarmed them right away. This is actually a Spitfire sticker [Vans] that my girls and I found and liked on one of our Cali trips years ago. Cheers!

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My content area is science, specifically biology. I got my BA in biology and had endorsements in environmental science and environmental ethics and policy. I hope to incorporate some of this into my teaching. I am specifically interested in teaching middle school, so more general science.

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My content area is secondary math, preferably teaching middle schoolers!

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Art Education

I got my BFA in Communication Design in '11 at Southern Illinois University, so year is my first time in a classroom in a decade

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I am an English Major with a concentration in Secondary Education!

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I am getting my Secondary Science certificate at MSU Denver. I have a focus and background in Earth Science and Geology since my undergrad degrees are in these two areas.

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I have a BA in Communication Design and a BA in Studio Art (Chico State, don't judge me), but I had a moment where I realized I would prefer to help teenagers make their art then try and make a living with mine. I want to work with high schoolers.

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My content area is Art Education. I have been working as an after school art teacher for Boys & Girls Clubs for about 3 years and have fallen in love with it. Now I'm working to doing it professionally in public schools.

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I mainly focused on Zoology in my bachelors and spend as much time with animals as possible! This picture is from an event I went to where we got to interact with and study some reptiles! This specific guy was named Clyde! I have worked with all sorts of animals, both alive and dead for different research projects. My first job ever was at the Museum of Nature and Science here in Denver where I volunteered as a summer camp counselor and helped guide students through dissections! I also studied native bees and pollinators in Oregon and then went on to do some forensic entomology work here in Colorado (I chose not to put those photos out for obvious reasons! :))

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My content area is Secondary English and I don't have a preference on middle or high school.

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My content area is art education, and I want to work with middle schoolers.

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My content area is Elementary Art Education.  I earned my Bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida. My areas of study there were Psychology & Studio Art with a focus in ceramics!

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This is the latest album cover of Shadow of Intent, my favorite band! They are a symphonic deathcore band. Music is in all aspects of my life. I am rarely not listening to music when I'm not at school

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While trying to figure out what I wanted to teach I fell in love with the conversations the English classroom fostered.

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My content area is English with a concentration in secondary education.

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Content Area: K-12 Physical Education/ Health

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Content Area: K-12 Physical Education/ Health

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I completed a BSBA at East Carolina University in 2012 but a business degree became unfulfilling for me. I am now finishing up a second degree in K-12 Physical Ed/Health and resonating much more with this path.

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I am a post-bacc art education student. After about 30 years of quitting and restarting, I finished my bachelor's degree in 2017. I have always been passionate about teaching but put in on hold for many different reasons. I finally decided to go for it and pursue my passion.

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My degree is in Geology (Univ of Rhode Island) but my post-bac focus is in high school science (chemistry and physics).

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I am currently in my last semester of the English Secondary School Teaching program at MSU! A couple semesters ago a decided I wanted to use that in different ways rather than teaching in schools so I've been looking more into working for libraries or other community based programs that aim to educate a wider range of people!

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This symbol represents my love of travel and I hope to be on a beach soon!

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I also love movies and all things Disney and Marvel.

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Content Area: English Secondary Education

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Content Area: English Secondary Education

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This is my puppy Milo! I got him during quarantine so we are extremely attached to each other.

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I currently work at a hotel downtown

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First thing that represents me is art because it is the subject that I am teaching and have been passionate about it since elementary school. I got my BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in combination with the University of Pennsylvania.

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I am woefully addicted to all things fantasy. I've read more books than I can count and am hopeful that the Creative Writing course I'm taking this semsester will help me to author my own books!

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Adventure is a major part of my life. My wife and I frequently travel and are always saving up for the next trip. 

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I love spending time outdoors immersed in nature. It's so healing for me to be out in the wilderness, grounding and down regulating. You can find me either hiking, biking, camping, fishing during a typical weekend! Exploring the mountains with my dogs and son, Sam, makes it even a better experience.

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In this image it represents how I love doing yoga. I can't go a week without doing yoga, and if I do ever go a week without it I end up feeling like I am in a funk. Yoga helps bring me peace and calmness during my busy days.

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In my free time I love to travel and see live music

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A sense of community in any classroom is important to establish. We're all able to help one another in the class whether student or teacher, utilize peers and other classroom resources.

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My favorite hiking spot @St. Mary's Glacier

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This is currently my last in person semester at MSU Denver! I will be student teaching next semester and hopefully get a job right after teaching physical education in a middle school.

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I love being on the water. Whether it is kayaking or relaxing on the beach.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Right now my life is a bit all over the placed. My family and I are going through a hard part in life but I am here and ready to continue on.

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Music is also a huge part of my life. I was in marching band and other ensembles in high school so I am rarely without headphones or music of some sort. If you drive past me on the highway, I'm probably blasting music so sorry!

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Rock climbing is a huge part of my daily life. I have been doing it for 4 years and it is the reason why I moved to colorado 3 years ago. I currently work part time for a rock climbing gym and most of my community are rock climbers.

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I'm excited to leave isolation behind

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My wife and I love playing sand volleyball in our free time. It's actually how we met and has become a fun part of our lives

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Gardening and growing as much food as I can is a passion of mine. Observing the innate intelligence of plants is fascinating to me.  I have a backyard full of perennial berry bushes, fruit trees, and tons of annual veges to snack on during the growing seasons. I have plans to move to the Appalachia, and develop 5+ acreage of land into a regenerative farmstead using permaculture principles. Connection, creative pursuits, abundance, love, self reliance, and most importantly sovereignty will be vibes here.

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This is a picture of me with my nieces and nephews. I love them more than anything and I'm extremely proud to be their auntie Kayla.

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My family is a large part of who I am and my inspiration!

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Constant state of motion always on the run. I love living my life with absolutely zero plans Beavis has a lot of quirks and quotes that remind me of myself.

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Hello my name is Alexander Sherman and I am an English Secondary Education Major. Beavis is my spirit animal (refer to caption for why). This is my sixth year in college, and I am estatic that I am almost done.

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One thing I want to leave behind in 2020 is the judgement I was placing on myself. I was nervous to come back to school since so many of my friends and family have started careers and made strides already. I felt behind but now I know I'm on my own path! No more comparisons to others.

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I think for me, besides raising 3 amazing kids and 4 grandbabies, I would want to leave behind a classroom that isolates children.  Kids have been through so much this last year and I just want to them to have a safe place to be themselves. I would hope that they would leave my classroom feeling supported and seen for who the the amazing creatures that they are. I know that is cheesy, but I have known so many teachers who just see it as a job and really do not take the time to connect with the students.

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I drink too much. I gave up drinking at one point and then multiple tragedies hit my family in a short time, so I picked it up again. I'm hoping that I can quit drinking soon, if not all together, then at least far less than I do now

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I've played softball for as long as I can remember and now I coach a 12 and under girls fastpitch team. It's a blessing to share my love for the game with the next generation of players.

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For 2020 I want to leave behind the notion that I need to constantly be working to productive in my life. I have since then learned to value time for myself and doing things that make me happy.

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I love to travel! I have been over 100 flights and travel out of the country every summer (well except these past two COVID summers).

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I have an incredible amount of stupid and expensive hobbies but the one I’ve been messing around with the most recently is modifying and tuning my car.

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I would love to never see hybrid learning ever again and leave that far behind!

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I like to be on the lookout for ways to create my own pathways and solutions. Although science seems to be a concrete and definitive content area; There are always  opportunities for self-expression in terms of getting to a solution.

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When I try and tell someone my full name and first initial, I'd say, Brent, C as in cat. So my friend started calling me Brentcat, and it stuck.

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I am pursuing my teacher licensure to teach secondary social studies. I've always been passionate about history and wish to share my passion with others. My favorite historical subjects are Nazi Germany and the Viking Age.

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The image for music is a band I currently play in called Moral Law. We reside a community of hardcore bands in Colorado and that community is what pushed my love for music so far. I grew up around people creating art and a sense of community together in the name of social progression. Music has been at the heart of my life for a long time and I both find it cathartic for me personally and a way to voice social topics we find greatly important.

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I love listening to music and exploring different genres. I love to listen to music with my friends, family, or my boyfriend. Singing songs together and/or sharing music is always so fun to me.

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The stink of death and global hysteria

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These are my fur babies! (Foster, Stevie, and Oliver) They are so special to me and such a big part of my life. Especially since the pandemic. Being home all the time was hard but they all made it a little easier. I love how they have no worries in the world despite all thats going on. They are so pure and sweet and they light up my world!

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Other aspect of my life is that I love to help my family with anything i can. Currently I'm getting some teaching experience by helping my little sisters with homework.

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I left behind my TV and the mainstream brainwashing of the news. All this fear mongering, propaganda, and divisiveness was detrimental for my well being and I am reminded everyday through observation of our society how powerful of a control agent it has become. Putting my attention to positive, and expansive stimuli instead has been transcending.

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Chimpanzee's are my favorite animal because they are a grim reflection of the self. If I ever get too big for my britches, I need to remember that I'm little more then a chimp in britches.

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Figure drawing is a discipline that quite literally made me the artist I am today. It's hard to describe how much I improved when I was in figure drawing classes, and just how fun it was.

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I ate so much Domino's delivery during that time, I need to eat better.

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Taking time to get outside and do what I love with my dogs.

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My partner Rory and I call each other "goose" and "bug." I don't remember exactly how it started but I know I called him a silly goose and he thought it was funny since it is kind of a juvenile thing to call someone. It eventually got shortened to goose and it has somehow stuck! He calls me bug because of my work with bugs but also because if it were up to me it would be chilly all the time and I would have to be all wrapped up in a blanket or something, like a bug in a rug. Its silly but it works for us!

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It's not really a nickname, but when I was in high school, I started going by Griffin, my last name. This continued when I was in the military, and, to this day, I still go by Griffin

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Music Education, and about me:
🏒 Although I haven't had a chance to play in quite a while, one of my favorite activities is playing ice hockey (goalie).
🍳 I love to cook, both experimentally and with increasingly difficult recipes. Or, also, just soup.

🔥 I want to leave behind the notion that we will ever "return" to how things were, the naive belief that the planet isn't burning and our societal systems aren't broadly harming vulnerable people.

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Some of my extended family call me E, but please no one call me that.

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It's not very important to me. I go by both Emily and Em. Other people in my life have other nicknames for me. But I do prefer Em (M) because I feels its more gender neutral and that it fit my personality better. Pronouns don't bother me. I go by all of them.

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Something I'm going to leave behind in 2020 is making excuses. I can accomplish anything I put my mind to and will instill a more positive minset this year.

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In 2020 I want to leave behind all the major negative thoughts I have ever had. I am usually pretty happy, but I do think negatively and think the worst at times. I want to be more welcoming to positive thoughts

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I am a post-bacc student originally from Michigan. I've also lived in Boston and Chicago. I love Denver, but I am still very much "smitten with the mitten."

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I wanna leave behind the negativity that this country has. I also wanna leave behind the lazy persona that I been during this pandemic.

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I worked as a P.E. teacher at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School for the 2020/2021 school year. It was an incredible experience that greatly impacted my life. I made the difficult decision to leave now that MSU classes are back on campus. I hope to take everything I learned from that experience with me, and leave the more difficult moments of my time there behind.

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My content area is secondary ed math. This is my last year of classes at MSU before student teaching!

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Stories are another piece of my life that have great importance. Whether it be the stories of board games, card games, novels, films, shows, there is just an infinite multiverse of experiences we could never have without them and to experience those things is something I find unbelievably amazing.

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I put a lot of things off to the last minute last year...always got it done, but I'd like to be more proactive this year with engaging in any of my life and academic commitments sooner rather than later

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After the pandemic, I found myself with more time than I knew what to do with. So I started researching trading and the stock market in general. And I’m happy to say it’s now a passive form of income for me now. If I haven’t lost it all by the time you’re reading this. :)

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Timmy...i've always gone by Timmy, i've had some people say it is a childish version of Tim. I like it.

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Nicknames: Jimbo Slice, Jimmy Dean, Jambo

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Nicknames: Jimbo Slice, Jimmy Dean, Jambo

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There is really no meaning or story behind these nicknames, simply just some names friends would call me.

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my puppy Juniper! The most important symbol in my life at this moment to share! She's my bud and we hang out as much as possible. We adopted her last November and she's just the best!

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I don't really have a nickname, but it does bother me when people call me Danielle. There is no A in my name. I will respond to it if I must.

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I want to leave behind learning online. I transferred to MSU two months before COVID hit and I haven't really got my footing here. These last couple of semesters have been tough and draining for me. But, now I am refreshed and ready to work hard again.

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I am a very musical person and can find it in almost anything. Drumming is my favorite way to express myself. I find that drums resemble the constant beat in life.

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Life is such a puzzle! Most of the time you don't know things right away (did you lock the front door?) & you have to think about it a little bit longer to find the answer. Math is like this, a huge puzzle. Sometimes more challenging than we'd like it to be, but so rewarding once all is said and done!

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At home i go by boni out of love. There isn't much meaning behind it.

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My first symbol is a cat. I have 2 of them and their names are Binx and Willow

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Most people who know me call me Mick. It's just a shortened version of my full name. I've been called that for as long as I can remember. But in more formal settings, I prefer to go by my full name.

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This is my fiancé and I at Bonnaroo a few years ago. We met by chance camping next to each other at Okeechobee music festival in 2016 and he’s been such a positive influence in my life. Music is such a big part of my life and I’m thankful to have someone to share these experiences with. I think there’s a lot to be learned from music culture, such as acceptance and kindness for everyone. I hope to bring that energy into my future classroom!

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As a PE major it might be obvious that I love to also coach. I am currently coaching 10-15 year olds for the Fall season. Being a coach means so much to me because the ones I had growing up lead me to be where I am know and I hope to one day do the same for my athletes and students!

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I am a certified yoga teacher. This training was extremely transformative and was completed a week before shutdown last year so all the skills and info I learned helped me get through a lot last year! I rarely actually teach classes in studios, but mostly use it for my personal practice and daily life.

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I don't really have any nick names anymore. But I do prefer to go by Alexander these days because I was one of close to 20 Alex in school growing up. So using my actual name felt unique

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All my oldest friends call me Kevo. It's just a play on my first name and everyone started using it.