I am a fifth-year senior at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where I am majoring both secondary education with an emphasis in chemistry andin chemistry. I will graduate in May 2008 and am really looking forward to student teaching in the spring. My hometown is Carthage, Missouri, which is located in Southwest Missouri. On campus, I am involved in the Baptist Student Union, am an Ambassador for the College of Education, and am a Student Coordinator for the Freshman Interests Group program. In my spare time, I enjoy surfing the internet and obsessively checking my email and hanging out with good friends.