I am a student from the University of Montana in Missoula, who, like a true millennial stereotype, has always had a burning need to travel the world. Though unlike the stereotype, does not have a trust fund with which to do so. I knew I had to get somewhere, all by myself. I started studying Russian and swiftly fell in love with the language, but the prospect of a Russian degree wasn’t enough. I found my way to journalism, and more specifically photojournalism, and that was it. My dream to become a kick-ass bilingual international photojournalist was born.
Five years of the most grueling double major I could have ever conceived of, and here we are. All of my dreams are coming true. Kind of. I'm still so-so at Russian. And I'm not exactly a kick-ass international photojournalist. But I WAS given an internship at a NovaMova Language School photographing Kiev, where I spent my semester, but also traveling to each of their program locations throughout Ukraine, Moldova, and the caucasus. So stay tuned. Watch through my camera lens as I get lost in and fall in love with some far away places. Read though my darker moments studying abroad, as I struggle to navigate through a world where there are no quadruple shot espressos or numbers on buildings. It'll be fun.