I am currently a sophomore attending Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. My major is Physics with a concentration in Astronomy. I am a member of our school's PandA Club, which is how I learned about SPS. I have also recently been appointed as an officer of our PandA Club chapter. Since the start of Freshman year, I have worked in the Physics Department. I help out with setting up general physics labs, and I grade assignments for other physics classes. Currently, I'm interested in studying space, but optics and circuits are also very interesting to me! I plan on attending graduate school in physics once I graduate with my Bachelor's degree.

Before applying to college, I was torn between majoring in Chemistry or Physics, but my high school physics teacher showed me how awesome physics could be, and how physics is involved in pretty much everything we see and do. I particularly love how it combines math and science. I love both subjects and I will likely minor in Math. Since starting school at App State, I've fallen in love with physics and I'm really excited to learn even more about it during my time as a NIST Intern this upcoming summer.

Outside of school, I love to read, cook, exercise, and spend time with my friends!