I am originally from the Northglenn/Thornton area here in Colorado (just a little outside of Denver) and moved to Fort Collins in 2015. I completed my undergraduate studies here at CSU and extended my stay with the Communication Studies department in pursuit of my M.A. I am currently working on constructing a thesis centered around professional athletes and their involvement in political activism in an attempt to look at the ways sports can be used as a lens for understanding identity and social issues. I am also an active member of the department's Center for Public Deliberation and like to use skills learned from my colleagues and studies to help reach out into our local community. I appreciate the home that has been created for me here at Colorado State and look forward to where the rest of this journey will take me.