Ashley took advantage of many opportunities in her first year of exploring college. Through those opportunities, she discovered her passion and found her voice. Her English professor recognized in her first essay “something strikingly perceptive, original and lasting.” He encouraged her to develop the work beyond the assignment believing that “she would produce something not only publishable, the something the community needed to hear.” Ashley discovered that she has just as much interest in being involved in the political and social sphere of things, and intends to have her voice and opinions heard as long as she can write.
On what she’s learned this year … I entered college feeling like the smallest fish trapped in the expanse of a furious political whirlpool. Today, I feel as though I’m finally able to captain a ship through the storm above it, and it is absolutely exhilarating! This year has taught me that oftentimes the first step toward positive changes is simply having the courage to open discussion. All the best Ashley.
Asheley"s story is inspiring for me.
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