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When signing up for digital media, on top of it being a requirement for my major, I have been excited about what the class has to offer. Knowing that most companies post-grad have certain requirements with having Adobe experience I was excited to see that it is something we will be learning. I have always wanted to be someone who knew their way around the computer and created art from it. I look forward to mastering certain skills and being able to transfer them to work outside of the University. 


I am a junior at The University of Tampa studying advertising and public relations. I grew up a military kid and have moved around most of my life, but am most recently from Delaware. I grew up playing sports my whole life so when transitioning to college life and not having an athletic outlet I struggled a little bit. Until my sophomore year, when I started getting into going to the gym consistently and fitness overall. It has been a nice way to take my mind off the responsibilities of my school work and other everyday stresses.

Throughout the class, I expect to be challenged quite a bit. I have never been the most outgoing artistic person, along with not being the most tech-savvy so I am interested to see how smoothly it goes. I am eager to see how much I will have grown at the end of the semester with my skills in digital art and ability to navigate the computer to create something that I can picture in my head. I am mostly excited to add this class, along with the skills I will have learned to my resume. 

                                                           

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