After leaving home for college, I learned that life held very little meaning for me so long as I devoted my energies to enriching myself. Now faced with a world that values a different definition of success than I do myself, I take pride in my motivation to make a difference.

I am a twenty-three year old American living in London. Three months ago I resigned my job to be here with the person I love. The city and its communities energize me and the opportunity to start over has led me to ponder the path ahead. Writing excites me. It makes me feel like what I think and feel matter. And it is the most influential and potentially powerful vehicle that I can use to effect change.

Some day, no matter how much time or work it takes, I will become a journalist. I believe that information is the public's most valuable resource in holding their political and business leaders accountable. To become a part of that process of public dissemination would be my life's greatest work.

My passion is ...

community, and the right of the public to gain access to information that affects them.

I know too much about ...

NOTHING

My parents always told me ...

be honest, and to do my very best.

My childhood ambition ...

to build the best Lego utopia ever.

Why I write ...

to get to know myself better

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"All the President's Men"- again, Alison Krauss's "Let's Fall in Love"

My first job ...

dishwasher at a college cafeteria

My best moment ...

coming out, to myself

My inspiration ...

ordinary people

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