For three years in college, I served as a resident assistant (RA) in the campus dorms. I was hired at the end of my freshman year after a rather competitive interview process. My regular responsibilities included developing interpersonal relationships, event planning, fostering community, administrative tasks, building upkeep, resource direction, and crisis management. My time with …
My senior year at ACU, I knew I wanted to submit at least one film to the university short film fest. I had a great experience two years before with my film Face Down and won several awards. Since then, I found a love for writing screenplays, but had not had another opportunity to actually …
One of my favorite professors during my time at Abilene Christian University was Dr. Jeremy Elliott. What made him such a good professor (and all good professors) was how much he enjoyed what he taught. On the first day of a basic English class, he told us that he should probably be teaching us about …
On a trip to Florida, I had time to kill so I wandered around the Florida State University campus. In the college of film studies, I happened across a huge theater room with stadium theater seats, a huge projector screen, and an editing bay in the center of the room. ACU didn’t have anything like …
I love movies. I think they have so much storytelling power that can spread connection and understanding in beautiful and creative ways. In my freshman year of college, I was introduced to an app called Letterboxd where you can rate, review, and catalog movies that you have seen and share them with your friends. Throughout …
On my first day working for Double D Ranch, my coworker described the company to me as “the Ralph Lauren or Louis Vuitton of women’s western wear.” They are based in a small town called Yoakum, Texas but they have a storefront in the Stockyards of Fort Worth. I was hired by my boss, Mitchell …
Abilene Christian University has a program called Wildcat Academics on Missions (WAM) in which different academic departments will partner with international organizations who can benefit from their expertise. For example, a group of speech pathologists and nurses traveled to Uganda to help a medical mission. Meanwhile, multimedia majors, like me, are invited to join another …
I was hired by RADEIN Advisors to work in Keene, Texas during the summer of 2022. Radein is a technology company that provides IT support and services to several types of clients but its main focus is supplying and maintaining educational technologies for school districts. My first day on the job, I assisted in the …
My freshman year of college was 2020, also known as COVID year. Much like the rest of the world, the university was having a hard time figuring out the CDC regulations and how to exist as a school during the pandemic. For this reason, it was really hard to get involved and make friends like …
Every summer since birth, I have always attended church camp. It was always my favorite time of the year. I took my first steps, said my first words, and made my first friends at Mountain View Christian Camp in Alto, New Mexico. I dreamed of the day when I would be old enough to be …
