Bio

So, you want to know a little more about this girl trying to become a woman saving the world one unplugged phone charger and tofu meal at a time?  That’s fair considering my hope is that you will become somewhat emotionally invested in my journey.

I am from Princeton NJ, I was raised a vegetarian, my wonderful parents are divorced, I have one hilarious sister, I have been with my hunk of a boyfriend for over 4 years now, I go to Bridgewater College in Bridgewater VA, I love dogs (we have 4), and I am 99% positive I was a mermaid in my past life.

At Bridgewater College I am majoring in sociology, minoring in cultural studies, getting my elementary education certification and recognition in Spanish.  So clearly I am a multitude of obnoxious labels: over-achiever, indecisive, and one of those kids who spends all their parents’ money on college because they can never seem to graduate.  While I could argue that I am not these things all day, my friends would likely say these are all correct.  Except I am not trying to spend all my parents money on school, it just comes with being an indecisive over achiever.

Now you’re probably thinking “she’s already a vegetarian how hard can becoming a vegan really be for her?”  The truth is, really hard because I LOVED dairy.  My nickname as a child was Mary Louise full of cheese (no seriously it was, ask my mom).  The way most people feel about their first born is how I feel about melted cheese and sour cream.  I ate so much dairy half the time I was not even aware of it until it was brought to my attention.  In my mind cheese goes with everything I eat except chocolate, ice cream, or yogurt (all of which have diary in them unless you get specialty kinds).  Do you see my problem now?

When people used to ask me what was the difference between me as a vegetarian and vegans I would respond with “vegans are freaks, they don’t eat cheese” (also true ask my sister).  So wish me luck, and feel free to send me any questions or advice!