involvements & interests

I am a big sports fan!

I grew up as an athlete, riding horses and competing in high-level show jumping competitions until I was 19. My parents had a horse training and sales business together when I was a kid, and my dad maintains it today. Riding horses was a huge part of my life for a long time, and it bred my deeply driven and competitive spirit.

Now that I no longer ride, I’ve turned my love for athletics and competition towards Formula One. The sheer speed and thrill of F1 is what initially attracted me to the sport. Now, the extensive amount of people and teams and equipment that must be in complete harmony for a race weekend to go off successfully—both for a single team and for the entire sport—is what I respect most about F1.

International travel is also really important to me. While I’ve only been out of the country once, on a month-long study abroad to Sevilla, Spain, it was one of the best things I’ve ever done. I learned so much about myself and international culture, and I made so many connections that I will cherish forever.

Travelling and eventually living abroad is one of my biggest dreams, and I am already working to find new opportunities to experience different areas and cultures.

I spend a lot of my free time reading! I’m a big fan of fantasy and fiction, and if I fall in love with a book or series it tends to take over my time and my life. I also love true crime, particularly Criminal Minds, and Marvel.

Some of my favorite pastimes are cooking and baking. I love the freedom that cooking provides to explore flavor profiles and find balance between food items that wouldn’t always be seen together. In contrast, baking is precise and delicate in a way that appeals to the piece of me that relishes in exact processes garnering exact results.

I am a huge animal lover. Horses, dogs, and cats were honestly pillars of my childhood, and fostered a love for all animals that’s never gone away. That said, I’m not the biggest fan of spiders, and I maintain a personal vendetta against mosquitoes as well as a crippling fear of stink bugs(don’t ask). But beyond that, there are very few animals that I won’t love or become attached to.