The Girl Behind the Resumé

I am a second-year student at MU majoring in Journalism with a focus on Writing & Reporting and a minor in American Constitutional Democracy. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved writing. From lengthy diary entries at a young age to the joy of preparing for the Writing STAAR (Texas’s standardized test for 4th graders) to spending months on my college admissions essay, writing is my true love. While working on my applications to schools as an English major, a friend who read one of my many college essay drafts gave me advice. They told me that my writing would be wasted if it wasn’t read by others, and I needed to look into majoring in Journalism. It stuck with me, and I ended up at the #1 Journalism school in the country as a result.

I’ve been named on the Dean’s List in Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. I am a Kappa Delta and member of HerCampus Mizzou, both large time commitments, and I also work part time at Starbucks in Memorial Union as a Student Supervisor through MU Campus Dining Services.

What I’m most grateful at MU is that I don’t walk into a journalism class and be lectured about journalism, I’m given the tools and then assigned to seek out, pitch, and compose real news stories that meet standards for publication. My classrooms function as newsrooms. I actually go out and do real reporting, meaning I’ve gained real field experience as a reporter long before I’ve stepped into my first post-grad job.