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Hello, my name is Lauren Hall and I'm applying for the Lebow internship position.

Um This video is first talk a little bit about myself and second I would like

to discuss my background a little bit just so you can get to know me better.

Um I am applying for the Lebow internship position because

I have participated in the labor program before um in

high school when I studied abroad in Japan and it

was one of the best experiences that I've had.

Um I really liked the program that Lebow had with the students and

to be a part of it would just be an amazing experience.

But I'd love to contribute to.

I love the opportunity to learn things that I

didn't get the chance to learn previously when I was

there and also I love to travel and I think

that it would be a wonderful opportunity to do.

So

I will discuss more about myself in the coming video.

So for now I'd really like to move on to my family background.

So this is my family tree.

It's a little bit confusing because I have a very big family.

So let's just dive into it and see what happens.

So first of course

there's me

And I am 24 years old.

I am from the United States of America and

currently I am in graduate school for linguistics.

I'm in my master's degree right now,

I've already completed my bachelor's degree and I love learning about other

languages and other cultures and traveling to get to see them.

I was born in a town called Nashville Tennessee.

It's known as music city because there are so many musicians that come from there.

I didn't live in the big city part of it. My family actually now has a small farm

um but it was a wonderful experience to be close to the city and have access to it,

but not necessarily be in the big city.

I did move around a lot just because of my big family.

Um I now actually live in Lynchburg Virginia,

which you can see in this picture right here.

It is about eight hours away from my family who still lives in Tennessee.

I miss them a lot

but I'm excited to see what kind of adventures life has in store.

I love trying new things.

My hobbies include taking pictures especially of nature, like this.

Picture of the butterfly that I took on a flower.

I love taking pictures of plants and the sunset and the ocean.

I also like playing sports and being engaged in tennis and fencing.

Occasionally I also go kayaking and hiking when the weather is nice

at home. I love to do art, I like painting and doing crafts, like scrapbooks.

Some of my favorite things are my favorite food is crammed brulee,

which is a sweet pudding type of food.

My favorite color

is green, I love plants and I grow many in my house

at home. My favorite thing to do is read fantasy books

with my cats cuddling beside me.

Here are pictures of them.

The Brown one is named Kinder

And the black and white one is named Oreo.

You can tell I like sweets.

My favorite animal though is a jellyfish, but I don't think I want one as a pet.

So that's me. And now I'm going to talk a little bit more about my family,

including my siblings and my parents.

So you can see me right here and up in the yellow is my dad and the red is my mom.

They aren't married anymore,

they divorced but that's okay because I have two more wonderful parents,

I had to and they divorced and I got two more. So my mom is now married to my stepdad

and my dad is now married to my step mom

and I have siblings on both sides.

So I'm going to try to explain my family a little bit

because I love them all very much and they're all very interesting.

So without further ado, we'll start with my mom Shannon.

This is my mom Shannon,

She is 55 years old

and she likes to make quilts for fun.

She loves animals. She has

three dogs

two cats and a lot of chickens.

Here are some of the quilts that she has made.

You can see that she likes bright colors

and you can even see her dog and cat in some of the pictures,

I love my mom very much

and next we'll talk about my dad, his name is Donny.

So here is my dad, Donnie,

He is 57 years old,

he is a basketball coach at a university

and he also runs a small theater company.

His hobbies are reading books,

running

acting and telling jokes

but not all of his jokes are that funny

here. You can see him in a picture with my mom Martha.

Remember I have two moms and two dads so it can be a little confusing.

Next we're going to talk about my stepdad. So my mom and my stepdad are married.

So this is my stepdad eric, I still call him my dad,

he's been in my life since I was very little

since I was six years old.

He is a businessman and he travels a lot

and then my dad is married to my stepmom Martha. So I'm gonna talk about her too.

This is my step mom Martha.

I call her my Mama. She is 56 years old and she is a lot of fun.

She is a play director and an actress and she

plans events for the city that she lives in.

Here are some pictures of her acting

here,

you can see her as Ursula from the Little mermaid

and even mrs Potts from Beauty and the Beast.

She does many kinds of roles and she looks very different every time.

My mama hasn't been in my life but a couple of years

now but she is so fun and I love her a lot.

So those are my four parents.

Now I'm going to talk to you about my siblings, I have four siblings too.

First we'll talk about my little sister

Delaney.

So this is Delaney, she is 16 years old and she is in high school,

she is part of her theater club so she loves dressing up and singing.

My Stepdad. Eric has two other Children.

His

eldest child is named jennifer.

We call her jenny, she is 40 years old and she already has a son

my nephew

and his name is Aiden, you can see him

right here.

Eric also has another child, my stepbrother

Christopher, we call him chris,

He's Eric's son and he is 39 years old.

He is married to my sister in law lisa and they have a daughter,

my niece named lily

and they're actually expecting another baby very soon.

But we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet.

And then last but not least

is my other sister Chelsea,

she is Donnie's other daughter.

So Delaney, jenny and chris are all eric's Children and Chelsea is Donnie's child.

It could be a little confusing,

this is my big sister Chelsea,

she is 28 years old and like I said she is Donny's daughter,

she is a basketball coach at a college

and she married my brother in law. His name is brock.

They have two dogs,

I don't get to see them very often since we live far

away but I miss them and I love them a lot.

So that's my family.

It can be a little confusing,

but I love them all so much and I wouldn't have it any other way.

So that's my family, that's a little bit about me.

Um I would really like to now discuss why I'm

applying for the lava program just a little bit more.

Um, as I said,

I'm applying for the labo internship position because I have previously

traveled to Japan and I think that it was a wonderful experience

and I'd love to

see what new experiences I could gain as well as you know what,

I might be able to contribute to the program if I were selected

and if I am given this opportunity I would first of

all be very grateful to be able to learn what I

can from this position as well as to study things that

I didn't get to previously when I was in Japan,

Um one of those things is Ikebana.

Every time I went to my train station in Chiba,

there was always a new display of Ikebana and I always

took pictures of it because I thought it was so wonderful

and when I came back to the United States,

I made my own presentation for my school about Ikebana and the math that goes into it.

If you ask me now, I probably still couldn't make one very well though.

So I would love to be able to experience it hands on and learn to do Ikebana myself.

I think that there are so many aspects of japanese culture that I

didn't get to experience last time due to my short stay over the summer

that I would love to be able to experience in more depth

As well as just two

take on a new role and see what I might

be able to learn and experience with this new opportunity.

I'd like to thank you all so much for your time

and learning a little bit about me and my background.

I hope it wasn't too confusing and I hope to hear from you soon have a wonderful day.

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