I am a first-year at Colorado College studying film and journalism. I grew up in Macon, GA and moved to Austin, TX in 2013. After the move, I learned about climate change in school for the first time. I quickly realized that this was a serious issue and spent more time studying it. I believe…
As a first-year student at Colorado College, I am interested in studying either environmental studies or sociology. I was able to spend a semester in high school studying the effects of colonialism and apartheid in southwestern Africa, which sparked my interest in social and environmental justice, as well as experiential learning. Having lived in Atlanta…
My mother is from Italy and my father is from Atlanta, Georgia. I grew up in Atlanta and went to the Atlanta International School, where I began my French studies when I was four years old. I also began learning how to play violin. Junior year I transferred to McCallie, a boarding School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This was a…
I am a student, writer, and environmental educator who splits time between the cold, historic lanes of my hometown in Boston, MA and the mountain-shadowed Colorado Springs, CO. I study Creative Writing for Social Change and Education at Colorado College, where I’m currently at work on a short story collection. My fiction explores themes surrounding…
My name is Alex Donahue and I’m a sophomore from Massachusetts. I’m a neuroscience major because I believe that understanding the brain allows us to understand our bodies, our decisions, and our interactions with others. I’m interested in journalism because being a scientist and an effective writer could give me the skills to make complicated…
