It wasn’t until the end of my sophomore year of high school when I realized I couldn’t live without the mountains. When it was time to apply to colleges, I made sure every school I applied too was located near the mountains. During my research, I stumbled upon Sierra Nevada College.
It was hard for me to find the right place to go to school. I attended five community colleges, and traveled the world trying to find my niche. Sierra Nevada College seems like it was made for me. I can pursue my passions of rock climbing, skiing, and backpacking, while obtaining a degree in Outdoor Adventure Leadership and Environmental Science
Picking up a crayon at a young age, I knew art was a passion but, during my adolescence, I never pursued art because my schools were focused on math, science, and English. I was never interested in college until I found SNC
Since middle school my passion for capturing life has grown, changed, and formed into what it is today. I spend my free time in the outdoors, snowboarding, skateboarding, backpacking. You name it, I’ll try it or already have
SNC science student Nicole Lutkemuller, a junior majoring in Environmental Science and Ecology, showed that she could identify lodge pole pines on satellite images from the wavelengths of light reflecting off the trees’ needles.
Cahill did not expect herself to become politically active. Her expectations changed however, when teaching her students a simple civics lesson on how elections and the government work
After taking Psychology 101 in my first semester there was no going back, as I fell in love with the diversity of topics and the freethinking attitude that was promoted from day one.
Being a full-time local here in Lake Tahoe has been more than a blessing for me, and being able to continue my schooling career here at SNC has been one too.
I found ceramics. I enrolled in the class, bought a wheel three weeks later, and took off from there.
I have been offered two internships while at SNC which will help me on my journey to achieve my dreams. When I came here, all I knew was that I wanted to work with people, but my teachers and courses at SNC have helped me narrow it down to one solid profession: I want to eventually work as a wilderness therapist.
