I am a senior at California State University, Northridge.  I will  be graduating in May 2002 with a B.S. in Management, and a minor in Economics.
 
I was born August 26, 1979 in Edmonds, Washington.  I spent my early  years in Amanda Park, Washington, a small town about a hour's drive north  of Aberdeen.  When I was four, my family moved to the Seattle area where  I went to school, and graduated in 1997 from Tyee Senior High School.  Go Totems! 

In the Fall of 1997, I headed to Los Angeles, California to begin college at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).  I won a four year full-ride scholarship to CSUN through the Presidental Scholars program.  Now in my fifth and last year, I'm just a presidental scholar alumni.  Time sure has flown by, and I'm getting close to graduation.  Whoa.  I'm planning on attending the Masters in Business Administration program at Cal State Northridge.  After that, everything's up in the air.

During my college years, I've been very active on campus.  I became a brother of Lambda Sigma Pi in November of 1997.  Lambda Sigma Pi is a deaf-oriented fraternity where hearing members are also welcome as long as they want to learn sign language.  I was president during the 2000-2001 school year, and have served in a wide variety of positions including secretary, treasurer, and pledge educator.  I'm still an active member. 

I also joined the CSUN/National Center on Deafness college bowl team, which is a trivia competition occurring every two years during the National Association of the Deaf conference, where we play against the National Technical Institute for the Deaf team at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York and Gallaudet University in Washington DC.  I was on the 1998 and 2000 teams, and will compete again in 2002.  We placed second both times, and hope to win in 2002!

I am also a founding member of the Collegiate National Association of the Deaf, which was founded in February 2001 at New Mexico School for the Deaf.   

My hobbies: I enjoy swimming - I was on the swim team in high school, dogs - I have a hearing dog named Otis, and travelling - I've been to 25 states so far, and hope to touch all 50. 

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