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So for my multimodal project, I thought that I would

kind of create a Prezi video to kind of map

out in the visual form.

My journey from high school to VCU.

Um, so let's start from the very beginning of the

end of high school, Although high school ended quite abruptly

for me in my, um, senior class of 2020 I

did feel really appreciative that we made the best of

it. Um, me and my family, um, participated in the,

um, senior parades where the seniors would, um, getting their

convertible cars and drive through the neighborhoods and the community

would kind of give them collapse and props for their

graduation and things like that.

So I'm really grateful due to the circumstances, um, I

got to celebrate myself in my in my class.

Um, next was, you know, saying goodbye to friends and

family. This was probably the hardest part about transitioning from

high school to college.

You know, everyone talks about kind of turning the page

and, you know, saying goodbye.

Um and, you know, it was a little bit harder

because I didn't really have that send off from high

school. That kind of that.

Every other senior had that really kind of marks the

end of an era.

I had to kind of take control of it myself.

And, um, I was really blessed that I did get

to spend a lot of time with my family because,

you know, we were quarantined and isolated, Um, due to

the lockdown.

So I did get to spend a lot of time,

and, um, I cherished it a lot.

Um, and luckily, going to VCU, I got to take

two of my best friends from high school.

Um, and we ended up being in the same dorm,

so that was really helpful.

But I did have to leave behind, um, one of

my really good friends, Alyssa.

Um, but we still try our best to stay in

touch and, um, see each other as soon as possible

and all that stuff, um, and then move in.

Um, it was a really chaotic day.

I wasn't really, you know, expecting a lot, because with

covid, it's really hard to get all of these students

into one building along with their families.

And I was expecting it to be really chaotic and

disorderly, but it wasn't that bad?

Um, it was it was actually a really good moment

for me and my family getting to, like, kind of

have that send off.

And, um, as you can see, we decorated my dorm

all together, and we took some pictures.

And, um, after that, we went into the city and

got lunch.

And I have a lot of fond memories of that

day because it was just It was a really wonderful

day and, um, a really good point in my journey,

Um, then from, you know, living in the suburbs of

Northern Virginia to Richmond.

I was born and raised in northern Virginia.

I lived in the same house ever since I was

born to when I left for college.

So I had no experience with living anywhere other than

my home.

Um, and I'm going to be honest, moving to a

city such as Richmond and kind of going to such

a different area really scared me.

I wasn't I wasn't really, um, comfortable.

And I was I was nervous that I wasn't going

to assimilate as well, or I was going to get

lost all the time.

Or, um, I wasn't going to feel his home.

Um, but, uh, I ended up just loving in the

city, just falling in love with it.

Northern Virginia can be a suffocating area sometimes, Um, and

I kind of grew up around the same type of

people with the same type of mindset, but something that

I love that Richmond has is it has such a

kind of unique way of everyone is different here.

Everyone comes from different backgrounds, has different mindsets and different

perspectives. And the art and culture is so rich here.

And that's something that I kind of was deprived of

going up.

And the switch, although I was really nervous about it,

ended up being a wonderful, beautiful thing for me.

Um, so then, you know, comes exploring the city.

Luckily, as I said earlier, I got to bring my

two best friends, Emma and Maddie, and, um, I kind

of had them as a crutch when I was, you

know, moving into a completely different city.

We went around and we looked at all the dining

options. Of course, we went to carry street.

Um, we went to a bunch of cool crystal shops,

and, um, I think we all fell in love with

the city together.

We got to really explore it.

And it gave us this kind of sense of independence

that, um, we all shared in the one moment I

thought that was really beautiful.

I loved the city.

I just fell in love with all of it because

it's it's so rich in history and culture and art.

Um, and I think all of my friends and I

shared that kind of interest in it.

Um, so the start of classes, um, a lot of

my friends only had online classes, But for first semester,

I was really blessed that I had to in person

classes, Um, and, of course, focus.

Angry. One being one of them.

Um, and also, I had a presentations class where, as

you see, I'm presenting.

I had to present almost once a week.

Um, it really pushed me out of my comfort zone.

Um, even though I did do a lot of performance

based things in high school, I had never really had,

um a lot of experience being the only person in

front of a room of people speaking about something that

I prepared on it.

It was it was a very, um, really cool class

for me.

And, um, my online classes, we're pretty good.

I was nervous about online classes because, um, you know,

in high school, you you see your teachers every day.

And if you have a question, you can just quickly

ask them in person and clarify.

Um, but online classes are a little different.

You're kind of left on your own for a lot

of it, and especially with the asynchronous classes, you have

to create your schedule and you have to map out

your time a lot better.

And it was kind of a little bit harder for

time management for me, so I mean, I was a

little nervous about online classes, but I got the hang

of it after first semester.

And now that all my classes are fully online, I

feel like I've really got the hang of online classes.

Um, So my first Mr Classes were great.

And and Yeah, um, you know, through my classes, I

also got to learn more about my passions and my

major, um, I am creative advertising.

Creative advertisement major.

Um, and I always kind of had an inkling and

an interest in advertisement.

Um, just because I think it's a really powerful tool

to promote a business, and I always thought that was

really interesting side of, you know, business itself.

But also, I got to kind of, um, explore a

lot of the music here, and I got to really

explore my passions with music.

Um, I've been playing and singing all throughout my life,

but when I came to Richmond, it was kind of

the first time where I got to collaborate with people

and kind of hear different sounds and kind of how

that impacted my music.

And it was really It was really cool because high

school, I didn't really have the opportunity to collaborate with

people with creating music, and that was really special to

me. And, um, I also joined the VCU ad club,

which is super super cool.

Um, my, um, advertising one on one class actually introduced

me to the club, and I've been in it for,

um, a semester and a half now, So it's been

it's been great.

And, uh, I'm getting really into the into advertising and

learning a lot more about my major.

And because of that, I'm a lot more passionate about

the classes that I have.

Um, so as I said earlier, um, my love for

music definitely grew.

Um, I've always had, you know, just a love for

music. It's been my life, my passion.

Um, but coming to VCU, I learned so much more

about music and what I was listening to, you know,

in high school, I kind of stuck to one genre

and made a certain type of music.

Um, but coming to BC, I met so many people

and we bonded through the music that we listen to,

you know, people would be like, Oh, have you heard

this album?

And then they'd show me, and I would kind of

it would be like a culture shock.

I just kind of learned so much more about, um,

genres. And I got I tip my toes into so

many different types of music and albums and met so

many people that know so much about music and taught

me so much about it.

And that also kind of bled into how I view

my musicality and my my music.

And that was amazing.

And that's only I'm really grateful for, and a big

thing about my journey from high school to VCU.

Um, I, of course, last but not least made some

amazing friendships with covid.

It's It's been really hard to be social and get

out there and, um, kind of meet people because, you

know, social distancing makes it really hard to kind of

form those connections.

But, um, luckily, GRC is a huge dorm.

There's so many people here, and, um, I also came

in with my friends, so we kind of met a

bunch of people together, and we formed these amazing friendships

and, um, despite covid, we you know, we formed a

lot of genuine connections, and I'm really grateful for that.

And yeah, I can't wait to see what the coming

years bring from VCU.

Thank you guys so much.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you.

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