Welcome!

How do you answer the question "who are you?"

I guess I'll attempt...

-21 years young
-Black woman writer
-Spoken word artist
-au natural (haired) beauty
-sarcastic
-avid reader
-laughs way too often and way too loudly
-smiles every day (Life is hard, why not?)
-friendly
-Nike wearing cool kid
-amateur world traveler (trying to get more passport stamps)

Even after all of that I don't feel like you know me. I just gave you a list that you can Google but thats where it starts doesn't it? A simple hello. A smile. A surface conversation.

If those things interest you then you dig deeper, right? Well here's to hoping you dig deeper.

1. Why i chose the BA in American Urban Studies at MCNY?
I started college waaaaay back in 2007. [insert chuckle here]. I was young, not too sure of what i wanted but I knew i loved to learn. I went to CUNY york college for a year decided that i wasn't happy there and took some time off. Taught and performed poetry for a while among other jobs. Then earlier this year it hit me [BAM!] i wanted to pursue Urban Planning, teaching and maybe start my own non-for-profit org.
But where would i get a degree that combined all of my passions? And thats basically how i found MCNY.

2. What are my career/education goals after I recieve my BA? How will this degree help me?
My ultimate goal is to become an English College professor and obtain my P.h.D. After I leave MCNY I am contemplating leaving NYC to go to Graduate School for my MFA. Start working more professionally as a writer as well as a community organizer. Maybe do some fellowships or work abroad.

3. How comfortable am I using the web?
Well...this is my second blog! (if you want to get to know me better feel free to check out my personal blog http://crushedblue.blogspot.com ) I am trying to up my internet repetoire since writing and technology seem to go hand-in-hand. I do tweet (twitter acct), I catch up with old friends/network on facebook, my Myspace is still floating around on the web, I have a youtube channel but I definitely am nowhere near making as big as an impact on the web as i would like.

I'm done.
It was nice to meet you!

-Brittany Patrice