I grew up in Gainesville, GA – a short drive from The Mountain, and spent many summers in Appalachia. I graduated from Auburn University in 2015, and have since held positions in the nonprofit, financial, and software industries. I currently live in Austin, Texas, though I work fully remotely and enjoy the freedom to travel that comes with it. I have three younger siblings and two phenomenal parents, who are scattered throughout Georgia and South Carolina.
I am a long-time program participant and raving fan of The Mountain, having attended camps and youth conferences since a young age. I attended family camps as a very young child, CONs (both as an attendee and as a PAL), and Elementary, Intermediate and Senior High MountainCamp every year until 2008. I worked as a MountainCamp counselor in the summers of 2012 and 2013, and Ascender Co-Mentor in 2014 and 2015.
I would like to leverage my connections to MountainCamp folks, AmeriCorps peers, growing professional network and experiences as a recruiter to help find eligible board members for The Mountain.
The Mountain created a community and provided experiences that have directly shaped the woman I’ve become. I am becoming emotional writing about it now, for as I’m sure those who have experienced “Mountain Magic” will agree – it is difficult to distill that feeling into words. The teachings of The Mountain and the time I spent on Little Scaly changed the way I view humanity; it fostered much needed self-confidence as I exited my youth and matured into an adult.
That impact is without a doubt something I’d like to spend my time, energy and talent supporting and amplifying for generations to come. I want to serve on the Nominating Committee to do everything in my power to ensure the organization is robust and successful so that it can impact other lives with the magnitude in which it has impacted mine.