Age: 22
Years with Team: Rookie
Hometown: Dupo, IL
Education: Saint Louis University
Major: Communication
Minor: Political
Science
Awards & Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Communication Academic Excellence
Award
Occupation (Job Title): Graduate Student at SIUE
Your career goals: I hope to attain my Ph.D. in communication and become a
college professor at a St. Louis university.
Hobbies: playing my saxophone, running, writing personal narratives and
screen plays.
Favorite childhood memory: Winning the 14-year-old age division for Miss Teen
Illinois.
Something interesting about you or your family others may not know: My
Mom is a real Elvis impersonator.
Five things you would like to accomplish in this lifetime:
1) Teach college at a university in Madrid, Spain
2) Make an appearance on
the soap opera Days of our Lives
3) Publish my own communication research
textbook
4) Get married
5) Raise a family
One word to describe yourself: Dreamer
What is the first thing you would do after winning the lottery? Fly my
mom and sister to a beach in Hawaii.
Interesting places you have visited: Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; San Jose,
Costa Rica; Benidorm, Spain; Alicante, Spain; Salamanca, Spain.
What is in your CD player right now? Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits
Something you feel very strongly about: My Christian spirituality.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? By day
a schoolteacher and by night a Las Vegas dancer. I played these roles on a daily
basis.
If you could have any animal as a pet, what animal would you choose?
Chimpanzee.
Your favorite subject:
Elementary School - History
High School -
Journalism
College – Writing Movie Playwrights & Scripts
One movie that you could watch over and over…… White Christmas
Your favorite charity: Girls, Inc.
Favorite childhood cartoon: Berenstain Bears
As a role model, what do you hope children will learn from you? I want young
girls to realize that they can achieve their dreams with the right balance of
hard work, personal drive and a little bit of heart.
