I spent the morning with Lauren and her mom the other day creating her senior portraits. We got our toes wet with the dew at the vineyard and went for a dip where I dubbed her new knickname "Swamp Thing". We had a great time cheezin' and laughing and creating some cool images together.
 

My favorite childhood memory would have to be traveling across the country in a minivan with my family. Seeing the beautiful scenery from the east coast to the west coast with the people I love the most is something I will never forget and definitely do with my own kids.




I would love to figure out how much time I've spent in the pool throughout my life but it would take forever. I have been in the pool since I was an infant, starting at Copper Valley pool club, to Meriden Silver Fins, to the CHS swim Team. The pool is my second home and my teammates truly are like family. I will never forget my coach Ed Heath on the Silver Fins, whom I owe all my swimming success to throughout the years.




When I grow up I want nothing more but to help other people. Being a social worker has always been a career I would like to pursue. I would love to help children and people in difficult situations to make their life as normal and happy as it can be. 

My hidden talent would have to be writing. I am not the best when it comes to mathematics or sciences, but writing is something I've always secretly loved very much. I love the idea of being able to record anything that comes into my mind and having the ability to get creative with my ideas.




If I could have lunch with anyone, it would hands down be an astronaut. Astronomy has always been something that fascinates me so much, and the outer space is a never ending galaxy we have limited knowledge to. I would love to hear about someone's experience to the outer world.




Earlier this year a good friend of my brothers passed away very tragically. Although I wasn't close with this person, I could see how it effected my brother, and the town of Cheshire. This put life in perspective for me and was an eye opener for me to realize how precious life is, and how important it is to love and care for everyone in your life as much as you can while they are here, because even something so precious such as life itself can be gone so fast.




Something that motivates me when it comes to competing has stuck with me since I was very young. I remember when I was at one of my first swim meets ever, I was nervous to do the backstroke. It was never something I was good at. I looked next to me at my competition who was a young girl, smaller than me who had a missing leg. In that moment I realized that if someone with a missing limb is brave enough to complete the 50 yard backstroke, I am too.





My go to pick out food... Geez this one is not easy. My go to pig out food would have to be Mac and Cheese. Or anything with cheese. Anything with cheese flavors, cheese is my FAVORITE.