I have lived in Hingham for 5 years now. I started school at Plymouth River elementary school in 5th grade and later went to Hingham Middle School for all three years. Now I am a sophmore at Hingham High School.

I was born in Seattle, Washington and lived there until I was ten years old. I lived there with my family in a small town on the water called Magnolia, which was about 15 minutes away from downtown Seattle. It was really beautiful with all of the mountains and the water but I don't miss the rain.

I have been traveling to Nantucket every summer for the past fifteen years. Even when I lived in Seattle, my family and I would travel to Nantucket. We typically go for about a month and stay in a part of town called Monomoy, which is right on the inner harbor. I look forward to going their every year because of all the great memories I have of Nantucket.

I started playing volleyball for the Hingham youth league in fifth grade and have been playing since. I played in a club program called Mass Patriots Elite in eighth grade and then in another club called Southern Alliance Elite freshman year. Now I play for a club called SMASH in Newton, MA. I was on varsity this past year as an outside hitter. This is the only sport I play now so I play it all year round.

One of my favorite trips I took was when my family and I went to France the summer before freshman year. We went for three weeks and did a home exchange. We stayed in an apartment in the Alps about half an hour from Switzerland for a week, in an apartment in the third in Paris for a week, and then stayed a couple days in Normandy and the champagne region. One of my favorite things that we did was biking around Paris.

I have always been interested in clothing and fashion. I like to sketch new designs in a notebook that I have and try different outfits to see what works and what doesn't. It would be amazing to go to fashion week in NYC or Paris. I would never want to go to college in designing or go to a school specific for fashion but I think it would be cool to be a fashion critic.

Gossip Girl is my favorite television show because Blake Lively, one of the main characters, is one of my favorite actresses and it takes place in one of my favorite cities, New York City. I like how it is dramatic and unrealistic, but yet you can relate to a lot of the characters. I also really love the fashion they use in the show and the characters are really funny.

I live with my mom, my dad, my sister, and my brother. I am the oldest kid in the family by only about about a year or so. I have two dogs whose names are Tucket and Tess. Tucket is six years old and is a British White Golden Retriever. Tess is thirteen and is a redish yellow lab. Along with two dogs, we have a bunny named Patches who is about three.

Wheel throwing is a type of ceramics where you throw clay on a wheel to make bowls, mugs, vases, etc. I have been doing it for two years now at the high school with Mrs. Papuga, and it is by far my favorite class. I am not very good at drawing or painting, so last year when I tried ceramics, it came pretty easily. The teacher really tries to get to know her students and it is really relaxing.

I started boxing last march and have loved doing since for a great workout. I have always thought running was kind of boring and I wanted a workout that could be enjoyable but also really tough. I used to go to private lessons with my mom but now I go once a week and bring girls from my high school volleyball team. It is a really nice workout because after thirty minutes of straight boxing, you are done because it uses all parts of your body.

I started boxing last march and have loved doing since for a great workout. I have always thought running was kind of boring and I wanted a workout that could be enjoyable but also really tough. I used to go to private lessons with my mom but now I go once a week and bring girls from my high school volleyball team. It is a really nice workout because after thirty minutes of straight boxing, you are done because it uses all parts of your body.