Greetings my fellow editors,
My name is Melissa Reese and I am a senior at Weber State I will graduate this spring with a degree in Communication, with an emphasis in PR and Advertising. I have been married 11 years this December. I have two great children. My daughter Emma who is 9-years-old, and my son Liam who is 4-years-old. Besides being a full time student, mom, and wife I am involved in student government at Weber. I am 1 of 23 senators here at WSU. My responsibility as a senator is to be the voice to my constituency. If you have a problem at school you can come to me or any of the other senator. We will do our best to help resolve the issue that is presented to us. I have been told I am crazy to be involved in student government with how busy I am but I really enjoy what I am doing.
My hobbies include reading, biking, and playing with my kids and dogs. I feel like I have a zoo in my home. I have two dogs and a cat. I was never allowed to have animals when I was a kid, so I have gone a little crazy with animals in my home. An interesting fact about me is that I spent 10 years over in Japan. I don't speak the language anymore, butt Japan will always have a special place in my heart.
With graduation drawing near it has forced me to decide what I want to do when I grow up. For a good part of my life I have done event planning and have loved it. I would love to continue event planning after I graduate. I am not sure if this will happen but I am cautiously optimistic about what I want to do after I graduate.
All though I would love to do event planning I am not sure if that is the direction I will take after graduation. My son Liam has autism. He was diagnosed a year ago. He attends a special private school for children with autism. When he started a year ago he was almost completely non-verbal. Now he speaks in sentences and everyday is exciting in our home when Liam succeeds in one of his goals. Since I have a child with autism I am heavily involved in the autism community. I would like to be involved with autism groups here in Utah. Utah has the highest per capita diagnosis of autism then any other state. I would like to create better awareness to autism as well plan events to fundraise for these groups.
Confucius says "choose a job you love and you will never work another day in your life." I would like to have this attitude when I enter the work force. I am excited to be part of this class and cannot wait to learn from all of you.
Hi Mel! Glad to see I have another class with you. I love that quote "choose a job you love and you will never work another day in your life." I also hope to have this attitude one day.
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