My sophomore fall this year has been very enjoyable at Middlebury College. I live in a beautiful building called Pearsons that overlooks the Adirondack Mountains with one of my best friends, which has made this semester much more easygoing. I spent a lot of time this semester working on the internship process and figuring out what I want my major to be, which has contributed greatly to learning who I am and what interests me most. I have a newfound passion for environmental studies and am pursuing that in my future class this spring of social environmental justice. I also have spent a lot of my time and effort on my sport, track and field, running around our campus and through the trails around Middlebury and welcoming in and getting to know our new freshmen. This semester, I was enrolled in an American politics class, an ethnography of organizations class, an environmental and conservation studies class, and an art class. This group of classes was definitely challenging, but they helped me think in different ways and develop skills in areas like art, writing, analysis, and understanding how our country works. I declared my major in Political Science and I’m excited to explore what opportunities that will bring me in the future. In this major, the classes are difficult, but that’s one of the reasons I felt this major would be beneficial to me. When things are challenging, it makes me work harder at them to better my understanding and create my own thoughts on those topics. I want to thank and appreciate the MVYouth community for being so helpful and encouraging my learning. I am looking forward to my upcoming semester and continuing to work toward my major in Political Science. I have loved my time at Middlebury College, where I get to make lots of lifelong friends and be able to attend college in such an outstanding place.