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Name: Ashley
Age: 25
Birthday: August 5th
Residence: Indiana
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height/Weight: 5’2 and 90 lbs
Pets: 5 snakes, 1 hamster

Beginning
I was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, about a half of a mile down the road from the beach. I lived there until I was five years old and then my mom moved my sister and me to Indiana 2 weeks before hurricane Hugo destroyed the home we had just left. After the storm there, my grandparents built another house on the same property where they still are with my dad. Through the years, we traveled to visit there as often as we can, and I still do. Here in Indiana, I grew up in a rural area, surrounded by corn and cow fields – a much different lifestyle than how it was in Myrtle, but I got used to it and learned to like  living there.

Family
I am the oldest of 4 daughters. My mom and I get along really well and we are pretty close, even though she lives 3 hours away. She is my rock and my role model. My dad lives in Myrtle Beach on the same property I was born into. I definitely inherited his stubbornness, which I don’t really find that a bad trait. I have another father figure who was a boyfriend of my moms for almost 10 years, and who helped raise me and my sisters a great deal. I have always considered him as a dad too. My sister Danielle lives in Myrtle Beach with my dad and Grandmom, my other sisters Jessie is currently staying in Ohio with her boyfriend, and my youngest sister, Celine, lives in Brazil with her mother (we have the same dad, and both Celine and her mom are Brazilian natives). For pets, I include in the family, a hamster named Butters, and 5 snakes – A male grey banded King snake named Dresden, a female Kenyan Sand Boa named Bella, a male Pastel Ball Python, a female Pastel Ball Python, and a male Spider Ball Python. The pythons we just recently got and haven’t thought of names for them yet.

Now
Aside from working part time, I volunteer weekly at Ball Memorial Hospital as a patient transporter at the physical therapy unit. I also run miscellaneous tasks for staff. I really enjoy working there because it gives me a chance to do something good for other people, and I have met so many great people and made some good friends. Other than that, I like spending time with the people I love, doing whatever we feel like doing. When I’m by myself and feeling inspired, I like to write, just whatever comes to mind, whether it be poetry, an essay, article, or random thoughts in my head. Writing is my biggest passion and I would say it’s my strongest talent. It is definitely what I want to do as my career. I have also thought about web design, but I think I mainly just enjoy that as a hobby.

Future
I am planning to finish college with a degree in journalism. I hope to be a columnist or editor for a magazine one of these days. Like most people, I hope to be married and have kids eventually, but I’m not in any big hurry for that. I’d rather have that later in life than most people than too early or before I’m ready. I’d like to be finished with school at least before I start thinking about that.

TV shows: America’s Next Top Model, Family Guy, South Park, Lost, Sex and the City
Movie Genre: Comedy, horror, romantic comedy, drama
Book: Anything by Ellen Hopkins
Magazines: Glamour, Self
Food: Chicken, Burgers and fries
Nationality of food: Italian, Mexican, Chinese
Drink: Pepsi, Coke, chocolate milk
Junk Food: Chocolate, brownies, cookie dough
Domestic Animal: Cats
Exotic Animal: Tigers
Holiday: Halloween

Causes I support
DASH Foundation
Volunteer Match
Seventeen’s Body Peace Project
DoSomething.org
Campaign For Real Beauty
Love Your Flaws
Global B.I.O. Campaign
Pepsi Refresh Project
Girl Scouts of America