This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter.
Monica Ballard
Year: Junior
Hometown and what you love about it: West Mifflin, PA. I don’t love a single thing about it.
Area of study and how you chose it: Creative writing. I started writing poems in the sixth grade because I heard Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day was secretly posting on this one poetry website
What is one thing you hope to learn in 2015?
How to swim.
Why did you choose Chatham?
I used to drive by Chatham a lot with my dad. I told him that one day I wanted to go there. Here I am.
What advice do you have for prospective students making their college decision?
Don’t do it straight out of high school. You really don’t know anything about the world and college is a life changing decision that you’re simply not ready for at 18.
What’s surprised you most about Chatham so far?
That I can eat as much ice cream as I want and no one can stop me
Childhood Dream Job: Kenny the Kangaroo
Current Dream Job: Vagrant
If you could only eat at one Pittsburgh restaurant for a full year, which one would you pick and why?
Probably Mad Mex because they have 12 oz. margaritas.
If you could be best friends with any movie character, who would you pick and why?
The creature from Eraserhead. We have a lot in common.
If you could join the cast of any TV show, which one would you pick and why?
Steven Universe so I could be a crystal gem and maybe kiss amethyst.
You have a friend visiting Pittsburgh for one day, and you’re planning the itinerary. Where do you take them?
The aviary. Sometimes you can touch the penguins there if no one is around and you can reach far enough in the tank to grab one.
You can live in the world of one book for a day. Which one do you choose and why?
That’s such an unfair question. Probably Watership Down because rabbits are soft.
All photos courtesy of Monica Ballard.