Shelby Vlaanderen

I am a very driven individual who is always striving to be the best I can be. I am always doing something, and I especially like to try new things all the time! My family and friends are very important to me, and I work continuously to keep my relations close with all of them. I am originally from Minnesota, but spent the other half of my child hood growing up in Texas, and now I am going to school on the East coast, therefore I am knowledgeable of many different geographical regions and stigmas that deal with each of them. I keep a daily journal log, currently, of what I experience in my life and I feel it is good sometimes to just take note of the little things in life. I am also a Volleyball player for American University's Varsity volleyball team, so I am always learning and growing through that opportunity that I have worked so hard to earn. My favorite thing to do as of now, when I am not playing volleyball or studying, is going out and exploring Washington, DC and taking pictures of it all with my Go Pro and my Polaroid camera. I like taking pictures with both of these cameras because each camera gives a different story for almost the same picture. I like the new, edgy, high-tech look of things in my go pro, but I also love the vintage look and nostalgia that comes with Polaroid cameras! It is a very unique thing to look at the same shot, but from 2 different perspectives!