Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.
I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.
I am so proud and grateful to be my mom's daughter.
I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.
Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans - people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.
My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.