Grade: 12

Family members: Bill (father), Susan (mother), Grace (sister)

Favorite subject: My favorite subject is physics because I enjoy learning the mechanics and processes of science.

Activities: I alpine ski race for BMR (Blue Mountain Race Team), play piano, sing in Moravian’s two choirs and sing in Moravian’s a cappella group.Club, Photography Club and I’m a Girl Scout.

Next steps: I plan to attend college to study biomedical engineering and minor in Spanish.

Career Goals: I hope to one day work in the medical field while using the skills of an engineer. I would like to design custom prosthetics for people with disabilities.

Heroes: My hero is my grandmother because she is physically and mentally one of the strongest people I know. She also had the deepest love for my sister and me, and I hope I could love like that someday.

Hobbies: I enjoy painting, editing videos, fooling on the piano and photographing in my free time.

Current job(s): I am working as a babysitter. I also have a potential job lined up for this coming summer as a ski coach at Mount Hood, Oregon. In addition, I will be working this summer as an EMT after having completed a one-month intensive course last summer.

Volunteer/community work: I volunteered for Vermont Adaptive, a program designed to provide ski equipment and lessons to disabled people for free. I worked in Cordoba, Argentina by interning at local public hospitals, running diabetes campaigns and teaching kids in school about hygiene. I helped raise money for Moravian’s Women’s Awareness Club, which donated profits to various organizations designed to support women internationally.

Likes: I love chocolate, traveling and spending time with my friends.

Dislikes: I cannot stand yogurt and sitting in my house all day.

Greatest accomplishment (so far): Enjoying a rewarding sunset after hiking a 1500’ mountain in two hours while skiing in El Colorado, Chile.

Advice for peers: Do what you love, no matter how good or bad you think you are at it, and don’t let anyone take that from you.

Julia Swan coordinates student profiles for the Bethlehem Press. Student profile subjects are selected by faculty and administration at the individual schools.