About Me
As another interval draws to an end, I prepare for my next big chapter.
Each time I look back at that crossroads moment we all face from time to time, I think and ask myself, Did I come out of this experience with what I was looking for?
The answer, which I'm glad about, is, Yes. I entered college wanting to be an investigative journalist one day. Did my goals change along the way? Completely.
My once naïveté and limited world views have gone entirely out the window and back. They've grown with me, but they’ve also grown on their own: more complex, more real. At times, I feel I struggle to keep it all together. I wish there were a neater way to organize this--in toy bins--as if they were toys we could compartmentalize, play with, and then return them to where they belong. But unfortunately, we’re not kids anymore and the world we live in seems to catch us up to that reality every chance it gets.
Something that time can never alter is our sense of right and wrong. I have always had a strong sense of justice and what that entails, that human rights for us as global citizens should be equal, enforced, and protected. I believe in treating every person with dignity and fighting for their access to the basic necessities of life; it doesn’t stop there. You can say I’m an idealist and you can also say I’m a realist. They seem to be at odds all the time in my head, anyway. I have no idea how I’m going to achieve these visions. New ideas and problems are tossed at me left and right every second. I do know that I’m forever going to be a writer, somehow.
I believe in independent, non-profit journalism that serves our public interest as citizens of a free democracy. I think we lack good, truthful reporting in this day and age, and I want to dedicate my time to filling that void. There is far too much that conglomerate media touch in our daily lives we need to resist. Change sometimes starts small, but it can also start at the largest level. Working against consolidated media is going to be one way we make that happen.
As I continue making sense of who I am and what I want to do in this increasingly globalized, trouble-filled society, I stumble upon this enormous sphere of people out there wanting to create change for the better and work towards sustainability. So I’m at this crossroads once again, but somehow I don’t feel the same solitude of figuring this out on my own. Suddenly, it’s not a daunting crossroads anymore; I see choice and optimism down the path. There’s a social movement happening, and we’re all going to figure this out together. That’s why I’m here.