1. "I wanted to be a dentist when I was younger and in December, I'll be going to law school to become a lawyer." - Graduated December 2018

2. "When I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer! Now, I am majoring in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ultrasound) with a minor in Spanish. Wow, the times have changed!" - Sophomore

3. "First, I wanted to be a singer, until life got in the way and I realized that wasn't practical. Then, I wanted to be a mortician (creepy I know), mainly for job security. At 8 years old, I was worried about if I would have enough money to pay the bills when I was older. I lived with a bare minimum in my childhood years, so I wanted luxury as an adult. I was a smart kid, and I knew people wouldn't stop dying so the job market for morticians would be high. I, now, want to be a theatre teacher and speech and debate coach. I've combined my two worlds and realized that while, yes, I'll have job security and consistency, I can also utilize my skills and love for the arts." - Sophomore

4. "When I was little, I dreamed of being two things: Either a teacher, or a cheerleader. Cheerleader still cracks me up, I did not in fact end up being a cheerleader. My career path has taken me to the field of writing and editing. I LOVE getting to hear people's voices and put their stories on a page. I also teach English online, so I guess you could the whole "teacher" thing did come in somewhere!" - Graduated May 2019

5. "I wanted to be a news reporter, then realized I'm not a good public speaker. So, now, I'm working to be in the business world, doing something with marketing and advertising." - Senior

6. "When I was younger, I wanted to be a professional athlete, specifically softball, but now, I want to run a sports youth and rec program." - Sophomore

7. "Well, I always wanted to drive a Tonka truck when I was little and was fascinated by big machines and tractors, etc. Now, I drive a legit Tonka truck and lot of different machines, I thought that I'd never get to run." - Graduated April 2019

8. "So when I was younger, I really wanted to go to Juilliard for dancing and become a professional dancer/choreographer and now, I am planning to be a nurse anesthetist." - Senior

9. "All my life I wanted to be an art therapist because my passion is art and always had been but my therapist growing up change my life and I wanted to give back to children and create an impact like she did for me. But, when I went off to college, I changed it to pursue psychiatry and I wanted to help people through medicine because I thought it would provide for a family better. But, I was really unhappy pursuing that so that's what lead me back to art and I can only hope it will provide for a family in the future." - Senior

10. "I wanted to be a teacher my whole life as I would play school when I was a kid. For a short time, I did want to be a dermatologist in my middle teens and then it went back to a teacher!" - Sophomore

11. "I wanted to be a princess, but I was embarrassed to say so, so I said I wanted to be a teacher and had wanted to be one for the longest time. I would still be a teacher if it meant I could travel somewhere cool but ultimately I'd love to write books or work in the publishing industry. I'm not discounting the princess thing either." - Senior

12. "Well as a younger kid, I wanted to be a chef or a teacher which is nowhere close to what I want to be now. I still love cooking and I think there's elements of being an RA and my job where I incorporate some teaching aspects but for the most part, editing and writing are pretty far from what I thought I'd be doing as a little kid... I've definitely seen that I love to do editing the most though." - Senior

13. "I wanted to be a digital animator. Now, I work as a reporter (soon to be editor) for The Arrow Newspaper." - Sophomore

14. "I wanted to be Hannah Montana and now, I work in Marketing for non-profits!" - Senior

15. "So, I wanted to be an actress when I was little! And, as of right now, I can't see myself act in front of people at all and so, now I want to be a business woman. Not sure what exactly..." - Sophomore

16." When I was younger, I wanted to be an actress or singer. And now, I just want to help people and build relationships. I think when I was younger, I was focused on wanting to be famous and doing something I loved (singing and pretending to be someone else) but now I've just seen a bigger picture in what the point of everything is and I want to do what I feel God calls us to do... love others and help each other out." - Senior

17. "When I was younger, I wanted to be a Disney star (basically Miley Cyrus pre-mental breakdown) but now I want to be a journalist and I really enjoy the writing that I do! I definitely do not want to be in the spotlight anymore! - Graduated May 2019

18. "I used to want to go into Computer Science, but after realizing that I didn't want to sit behind a desk and code for the rest of my life, I'm now in school for exercise science and working on getting into Physical Therapy school once I'm done with undergrad." - Sophomore

19. "It's hard to say because growing up I wanted to be so many different things. The first thing I ever wanted to be was a pastor. Then, I switched gears and wanted to be a cop. I always loved beauty so at one point, I wanted to be a makeup artist working with people in Hollywood. It was almost like every year, there was something new I wanted to be or try... when I got to high school, I wanted to be everything from a writer/journalist to anything in business. But in all those years, nothing really spoke to me except one thing... ministry. Still, never pursued it though. Senior year came along and I still had no idea what to do... graduation happened and still, no career path I felt passionate to take. A month after graduation, I ended finding out what an esthetician was and completely fell in love with it. Ended up going to a trade school for esthetics and 2 years later, it's such a deep passion of mine. Yet, still, I had this hunger and thirst for ministry. I left my job as an esthetician to pursue what the Lord put on my heart as a youth/young adults pastor. Now, I'm a part time esthetician talking to my clients about skin and the gospel of Jesus and becoming a pastor for the youth. It's crazy to me because I would've never seen myself working with teenagers, let alone kids. I used to want nothing to do with them. But I love how the Lord softens our hearts and uses our weaknesses to showcase his glory..." - Graduated

20. "When I was younger, I was so set on being a nurse. My mom is a nurse, so naturally I thought that's what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to help others, but in my heart I wasn't fully sure if I wanted to do this through nursing... When I reached the end of my freshman year of college, I began to really process what I wanted to do. I knew that I wanted to love others deeply-especially teenagers, and I wanted to be in their brokenness. And that's when I decided I wanted to do counseling." - Senior