Introduction- Carly Chelstrom

Hi, my name is Carly Chelstrom and I am from Orono, Minnesota (a suburb of Minneapolis). I am a sophomore here at UW-Madison and intend on majoring in marketing, with a potential double major in entrepreneurship, and a certificate in digital studies. I come from a heavily business-oriented family and took multiple marketing classes in high school and found those classes to be my favorite, therefore my choice of a major was fairly straightforward and easy to make. I am in the Chi Omega sorority here at UW and have loved every second of it. Coming from a smaller high school, it was a great way to make such a large campus feel smaller and more connected.

I really enjoy exercising whether it's yoga sculpt classes, at the gym, or running outside--weather permitting. I've played soccer nearly my entire life and also sprinted for my high school's track and field team. Another one of my favorite hobbies is eating! I love exploring the many restaurants Madison has to offer and am always open to try new foods.

The most life-changing experience I have had was a trip my family and I took to Kenya, Africa. In the two weeks we were there, I was able to see the vastly different lifestyle the people of the Masai Mara village experience. This trip was a major eye-opener and made me infinitely more appreciative of the world I live in and take for granted.

In terms of a writer, I am confident in my current abilities, however, I know there is always room for improvement. I am looking forward to experiencing an entirely new realm of writing via blogs, seeing as majority of my past writing has been analytical or research-based. The last writing-intensive class I took was CA100 and was entirely focused on writing speeches using various methods. Overall, I am looking forward to what this class will teach me about technology and its many forms, in addition to how they have influenced our past, our present, and the future.