My name is Lauren Martins, I am from Danville, Ca (East Bay Area), and I am a freshman here at Boise State, majoring in Illustration. I grew up in a town that we like to call a “bubble” because its different from the outside world. It is the epitome of a suburb and there is rarely anything fun to do in the town itself. Growing up there made me realize how much more there is to learn and experience from the world, which made me want to go to school somewhere out of state. I have read many books over the years both in school and on my own. My favorites from high school are To Kill a Mockingbird and Tuesdays with Morrie, and my favorite books overall are The Lovely Bones and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I usually find out about what’s going on in the world by friends or the news. In my free time I usually read, draw, hang out with friends or watch TV. My parents come from a lot different cultures but I’ll mainly identify as Italian (Mom) and Portuguese (Dad), because of this I’ve grown up eating a lot of pasta and having a lot of cousins, many of whom I’ve never met. I think one of the biggest things about growing up is being able to understand what is going on in the world around you, and formulate your own ideas based on the events that occur. Until this point, I sort of just agreed and believed what was said around me or told to me, and it wasn’t until the end of middle school that I would think to myself “I don’t agree with that,” when my parents said something. My junior year of high school I joined a program called Youth and Government. The entirety of the program is super complicated to explain, but it essentially helped me know the major issues in the world, in our country, or even just in the state of California, and helped me to formulate my own opinions and debate them. This program helped me realize my political affiliation as well as topics that I am very passionate about, and will absolutely debate about if someone brings the topic to light. Other than Youth and Government having a huge impact on my life, my Great Grandma has too. I didn’t know her very well, and I only have two real memories of her, because she died right before 7th grade. However, from what I have been told about her, we were a lot a like. My parents will always get the occasional question “where did she (me) get her artistic ability?” and they’ll always say from my Great Grandma. She is the only person I personally have known to have put her life into her art. She didn’t do anything else, and she’s inspired me to do the same thing and pursue what I love to do, hence me being an illustration major. So that’s essentially me!
My Lens: Small town kid
I have grown up in a very small rural town south of Nampa, along the snake river. It’s called Melba, ID. Living here has definitely influenced me to be a hard working person. To be where you want to be in life requires hard work. I still like to watch the news every night just to keep informed with everything going in the world. Also, I learn about alot of news on my phone as well.
I spend a lot of my time outdoors. When it’s winter time you can usually find my on the top of a mountain riding my snowmobile. I am definitely a snowmobile junky every moment I have time I will head up riding. When it’s summertime I will either be playing baseball or out fishing. Biggest thing I have learned about being outdoors is just to stop and slow down. There’s so much beauty we are surrounded by but we are always in such a hurry to get no where. Being on top of a mountain in the winter staring down on the valleys is just peaceful and humbling.
One of the biggest perspectives that has changed for me as I have grown up is just that nothing is ever given to you. You have to work and create a life for yourself. If you want to go out and experience things you have to do it yourself. I know I have been blessed to be able to work, go to school, and still pay for my toys to go out and play. One of the biggest things that changed my perspective is when I was going to school in Oregon playing baseball. Just meeting kids from different parts of the country, and how they have grown up compared to me. I have been spoiled to experience the little things in life and recognize them for what they are. My dad has probably played the biggest role on who I am today. My dad always taught me how to work hard and you will always be rewarded. It is not what you can take from this world, but what you can give back.
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Hello Dr. Madsen-Brooks and group members,
I’m a sophomore here at Boise State studying psychology. I’m taking this class because history has always been a great interest of mine. I hope I’m posting this properly! Looking forward to a semester of learning.
Best Wishes,
Joe
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