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Sara is a junior double majoring in Journalism and Enviromental and Natural Resources. She was born in Northern Kentucky but has lived in Laramie for 10 years now. She has a communications internship with the Wyoming EPSCoR program and writes for their blog. She also works as a lifegaurd and swim instructor at the local recreation center. To balance out her busy life Sara loves to read, do yoga, and plan her adventures abroad. She enjoys the small things that make life wonderful including rain, green grass, and coffee. One day she hopes to live in Seattle, write for an environmental publication, and travel the world to cover her stories.

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    Note: The alternate title for this piece was “How to Walk in High Heels without Looking like a Newborn Antelope” but it felt a little bit wordy.

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    A professor once told my class, “It’s not about being the smartest person in the room, but attempting to be in the room.”

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    After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

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