Spent 3 days at the Tribeca Film Festival

one of my favorite food trucks of NYC, Korilla BBQ.

the beautiful Yankees stadium

my mother took me to see Wicked, a phenomenal show

April was the most intense travel, as I split time between Philadelphia and New York City working on 5 universities. I experienced NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was overwhelmed with the potential and talent that mingles those streets. My time in Philadelphia was limited, but every down-moment I was given ended up on the 2nd floor terrace overlooking our small community of West Mount Airy or running through the beautiful wooded park. A weekend trip to DC with some of the guys from MVNU gave me my favorite tour of a city ever: an evening walk around all of the monuments. This unexplainable and somewhat of a phenomenon proved to be the best kept secret of the nation’s Capital.

Phiadelphia-bound with @thepretzelady “Party Animals”

beautiful looks at the Capital at night

I am now on a roadtrip with Alex-Anna, which will conclude our ATL/NYC/PHI tour. A 2-day stop in Hampton, Virginia with the Mummert family has got me anxious and excited for some time with people in the state I like to call home. But that will be short-lived, as the summer will fly faster than any other.

Virginia Beach with the Mummerts

In May, I head to THE Ohio State University to host my final CMF Finale of the semester, in hopes that friends and family can come and experience what this Tour Manager position has been for the last year. After one short week back in Ohio, I will then hop on a plane and take off on the most exciting adventure of my year. CMF is sending me to the Cannes International Film Festival in South France. From May 12-28, I will be encountering the largest and most-coveted film festival in the world. This will be my first European experience (outside of an airport) and I am thrilled to have been chosen to represent CMF. But beyond that, I will be taking a two-week vacation with my friend, Bethany Plice, as we backpack across France and Italy. 

Our travel plans include Cannes, Monaco, Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome, Milan, and Paris. It’s a lofty goal, and a trip that has not had as much preparation as either of us were hoping for, but I am incredibly excited to finally embark on my dream of backpacking Europe, after finally finding someone willing to take that leap of faith with me. I’ve got incredibly high hopes for this experience, and am finally coming to the realization that it is less than 2 months away.

Upon return to the States, I will be living in Atlanta and working for Ideas United and Campus MovieFest working on an assortment of projects. We head to Los Angeles for our CMF Hollywood event, a celebration and national competition for winning filmmakers from across the country. I will then head to San Francisco to prepare for my next semester, which includes Northern California and Oregon. The remainder of the summer will be Atlanta-based until that tour.

At this point, I am honestly exhausted. My mind is in a million places and I often find little time to think through the day-to-day decisions and long-term thought processes that most twentysomethings are battling. But I am fairly content and hoping that even in adventure there is rest. I’ve never really been homesick at any point in my life, but I long for time with my best friends, my family (including my ridiculously cute niece), and the people I consider my community. I can only hope and pray that those opportunities will make room into this crammed schedule for the sake of my sanity and the value of these people in my life.

So here’s to a continued adventure. Live your dreams out, daily. Know that this sometimes take sacrifice and often hard-work. But keep your hopes up, your momentum forward, and your enthusiasm blazing.