I was born in Debrecen, and I grew up in the suburbs with my mother and two younger brothers. They are 18 and 16 years old. One of them is in his senior year, like me, and the other is in the 8th grade, which means he will be starting high school in September. I attended Lajos Kossuth High School—one of the best in the country (and I think the best!).

At the age of 4, I learned to make lace from a well-known Hungarian lace-maker. Making lace teaches you patience and persistence, and it makes you creative. After lace I learned beading, and I later mixed beading and lacing to made bracelets. I also try to be creative in my baking, which is an active hobby of mine. I play the piano as well, and I took piano lessons for 6 years in elementary school. I danced in a team for 10 years, and we won numerous awards in this field. Unfortunately, I had an injury in 2012 and had to give up dancing. I am really grateful for the opportunities I had and the friends I made through this sport. After my injury, I took up another hobby, yoga, which is not only an excellent workout, but also helps me with concentration and keeping my balance.

I also like volunteering with disabled people, which I started 5 years ago. I would be lying if I did not admit that seeing 40-year-old people with a disability like autism was a big shock for me at the age of 15, but strangely enough this experience motivated me to get to know their world and their everyday lives more. I helped them with the preparations for the flower festival, which is an annual festival in Debrecen. I also volunteer at the local hospital, where I read stories to children on the weekends, and at at the hospital's summer camp for children with diabetes.

On the practical front, I had a job at Zara, where I did inventory work, and I also worked at a support agency called Merlin IT's Rosetta Stone department. Rosetta Stone is a company that provides online language learning solutions, mainly for businesses. I was an English-speaking support agent, but besides English cases, I also solved problems in German, Spanish and Russian.

When I figured out what I wanted to study and told my family I wanted to seek an education abroad, my whole family supported the idea. I feel that the best way to learn about the prosperous world is to go to one of the creators of prosperity. I believe that Sewanee can give me the knowledge, experience and quality I desire. Furthermore, Sewanee’s amazing campus should create a perfect environment to study in. Even though Debrecen is the second largest city of Hungary, it feels like a small town. I knew nearly everybody in every school I went to, and I loved this. As a "country" girl, I want to keep this tradition and attend a university that has a manageable student population.