I've won hundreds of dollars and many ribbons competing with my art and photography at various fairs. I've placed against adults in art shows. Last year, I entered over 60 items and placed on every single exhibit. I won many high places such as first place, superintendents choice, reserve grand champion, grand champion, and judges choice. This year, I entered over 130 items winning countless ribbons and was in five different local news papers or news. I was even being talked about on the biggest country music station in the area! 

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I have been homeschooled my whole life. During my sophomore and junior year, I took PSEO. I graduated this spring with my certificate in business foundations. I plan to again take PSEO my senior year and graduate that spring with my AAS degree in business, administrative certificate, and accounting certificate.

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I love all things outdoors. Camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, biking, skating, and riding ATVs to name a few. I also am a huge animal lover. I'm sadly allergic to pretty much everything with fur, but that hasn't completely stopped me from hanging out with fuzzies every so often. My family owns a hobby farm with Nigerian Dwarf goats and they are one of the coolest animals to raise. 

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Despite the wicked cold weather we get most winters that makes me wonder why us Minnesotans stay, I do love my location. Bemidji is a beautiful quaint town and its hard to beet our falls. It really is a beautiful place to live and a perfect place to photograph.

 

As said, I love photographing wildlife and nature. Something as simple as a tiny mushroom or a frost touched branch can look stunning under a macro lens. I've always had an eye for photography and it killed me to see things and not be able to capture them, so my first big investment was a digital camera when I was 12. I haven't quit since. 

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