After I graduate, I'm interested in trying children's book illustration. Growing up, I would often take a page out of one of my favorite books and draw a new picture for it. I think it would be such a fun way to make a living.

This semester, I'm taking a children's literature class. It's kind of weird going back and reading these books that you read as a kid, taking them apart and seeing what the author meant. We've read books like "Where the Wild Things Are," "Charlotte's Web," and "A Little Princess."

One of the best art professors I've had here is Mathew Litteken. I've had him for everything from beginning drawing to upper-level painting. He's very eccentric, so he makes it fun. I'll start on one path, and he'll give me five artists to go look up and study because one brush stroke reminded him of a certain artist. He'll find something in your work that you didn't even realize you've done.

Outside of my academics, I swim on Miami's varsity swim team. We practice 20 hours a week. It's pretty busy, but I've found when I don't have that tight practice schedule, I procrastinate. It helps me stay organized.

I swim breast stroke and Individual Medley—butterfly, back stroke, breast stroke, and freestyle—and a little bit of freestyle here and there. Last year, I became Miami's first All-American female swimmer. To get that title, you have to place in the top eight at the NCAA championships. It was a huge surprise when I made it and such an honor to be able to write that history for Miami, to do something that no one had ever achieved before. It cemented me into the program forever.