School: Senior at Towson University

Majors: English, Mass Communication

In my free time I love to read, write, play games, bowl or nap! Also, 90% of my clothes have just appeared in my wardrobe.

This is my third, and most likely final, summer at the Transformation Guild (TG); it has been quite the transformative experience. Before the TG was even a thought (to my knowledge), I had decided to major in English because I didn’t really have a passion for other subjects. John Kutcher, my dad, then gave me a speech while driving me to my dorm at Towson one evening. I don’t remember the exact wording, but it was something along the lines of: he used to look down on English focused studies until he took a second thought and realized everything stems from speech and writing. In other words, one day he had an epiphany and realized the importance of storytelling. While I have no idea if my choice of major may have been the catalyst for the TG, I can agree with the sentiment that writing is the crux of our society; writing is what makes society function, or dysfunction, possessing both the power to do good and harm. And, from experience, I can say that TG is doing quite a bit of good in the community.

Not only that, TG inspired me to add a second major, Mass Communication (Journalism). I’d long been plagued with thoughts of the imminent threat of "the real world" on the horizon, with no clue what I would do after college. I liked English, but I didn’t particularly want to teach; yet, I had no idea what else there was to do with my degree. Then, after my first year at the TG, a small spark for journalism was ignited within me. From that spark, a passion grew and bloomed, helping me decide what I wanted my ultimate career path to be.