I am a senior working through my last semester at ASU, and am majoring in Public Service and Public Policy (Sustainability). To give a perspective of my journey to where I am now, I will go back a few years.
I graduated from high school, as well as, cosmetology school in May 2008. After working a few years as a hair stylist I found myself having the desire to continue my education. When I started at Mesa Community College, I realized I had a strong interest in the sustainability field. After my first semester at MCC, I moved to Flagstaff to experience a different environment from Phoenix, where I was actually born and raised. I had an excellent three years in Flagstaff exploring a couple different sustainability majors at Coconino Community College, including sustainable green building, and of course the wonderful outdoors the town had to offer. I moved back to the valley at the end of 2013, and began my final stretch of college at Arizona State University. So, here I am, finishing my last semester of my Bachelor's degree. Currently, I am a full time student, and work full time as an assistant account manager at an interior construction firm, all while planning my wedding! I hate to admit it, but I think I enjoy being busy.
With that said, three things I am hoping to gain from my internship with Local First Arizona are:
1- Community involvement: I would appreciate learning how to be more actively involved with the public in regards to communicating and educating them about a meaningful purpose. I believe this is a great skill to have, especially when trying to make a societal change.
2- I am hoping to learn more about what local means, and how it affects sustainability.
3- I would like to gain the real world experience of a position that relates to my major.
I look forward to the semester!
Cristy
Hi Cristy! Your first blog really gives me a sense of how busy you truly are! I think one of the benefits of being busy is that your experiencing so many new aspects to what life is truly about. I think your first goal about community involvement is great because it is also an area that I would like to expand on! Good luck with all your work and good luck with the wedding planning as well! Maybe for one of your free write posts you can share with us some more information of your wedding preparation..I would LOVE to read about that (typical girl)! I'll check our your blog again soon!
ReplyDeleteRenee
Cristy,
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely a busy bee! I can tell you are a very motivated woman. I'm glad that you decided to move and experience new things, sometimes we get so stuck in where we live that we fail to see the world around us. That being said good on you for moving to Flagstaff and deciding to go to ASU, those Lumberjacks have nothing on the Sun Devils. On a side note, I know from personal experience that wedding planning can be very stressful, why wife and I had many many many sleepless nights trying to figure all the logistics out, in the end we opted for a very intimate nuptial ceremony because things were getting out of hand with all the planning. So best of luck on your special day and remember in the end it is all about celebrating the love between you and your partner, the flavor of the cake or wedding color schemes are important but not necessary to celebrate love.