Natalia


Most people call me Nati since for some it's much easier to say. I grew up in East Chicago my whole life but can honestly say I've never felt comfortable there. Since about the 5th grade, I began to notice that I was different than the other kids and that they didn't seem to like different. So growing, I was kind of an outcast and not really seen upon as popular or even normal. I choose journalism as my major because I had this passion for writing that just took over sometimes. I was able to put words together and create a story or inform a person about something that they felt they were there themselves. Columbia was one of the schools on my list I couldn't ignore. The enviroment and just the idea of being around people that had the same passion as me and were unique like me made my heart swell so much. I finally felt like I belonged somewhere. The three things I hold important to me.... That's hard. But I'd have to say for one, my little sister. She's only ten years old but her way of being makes me so jealous of her sometimes.Sje has this confidence that I wish I had at her age and she has this natural way of understanding that not even people my age have... Two would have to be my friends. My friends mean the WORLD to me. Whenever I've gone through something or just needed to laugh, I've always had them to be supportive and to understand how I was feeling. Coming from a family who's not too affectionate, it really helped me get through alot of hard times... Third and not least is my IPOD. I know, it sounds really lame but it's true. Music to me is a way of life that is inevitable and so liberating. There's always a type of music for everyone from a soft beat that can make you ponder life and cry to an up-beat jam that makes you sing at the top of your lungs and dance around. Music, I think, is something no one can live without.

Alot of things make me into who I am. I was raised to be the picture perfect kid but I never was able to really fill those shoes. My whole life I tried but I kept fooling myself till now. I decided that my passion in what makes me who I am. A thinker, a writer, a dreamer, a realist, and most importantly; a journalist. I love skittles, red bull, green day, the color teal, books about real life, and most of all...Love & Peace.