Hi! My name is Dora and I use she/her pronouns. 

The picture I attached is a picture of me with my lego panda. I wanted to share this because I enjoy building legos. I love working on hands-on projects like lego-building but my hobbies also extend to other creative projects like model-building and paper-folding. 

Here’s a bunch of facts about me:

I can be extroverted and introverted. I am friendly with many people but not friends with many people. 

I love eating and trying new cuisines. I am unfortunately allergic to strawberries. I quit seafood for 2.5 years because I watched a Netflix documentary that told me to (I regret this). I love pickles and cucumbers but hate tofu. If you catch me staring into space I am most likely thinking about what I want to eat. 

I value experiences over coursework. Volunteer coordinator, server, translator, tutor, and campaign intern are some jobs I had the privilege of having during high school. This is my way of learning, and I think my time spent doing these extracurricular activities taught me more than any class ever will. I still care about school- just not as much. 

I am competitive but not necessarily athletic. I did competitive track for three years and hated it. Unsure why I did that to myself. I will complain if I have to walk up more than 2 flights of stairs. I do enjoy a good game of most ball sports. 

I chopped off 12 inches of my hair during quarantine because why not. I enjoy looking like a dad on vacation. I dress more masculine but I would say I have many feminine traits if you look harder. I enjoy being both masculine and feminine because I get the best of both worlds. 

I’m not religious but I am spiritual. That pretty much means I believe in the existence of a higher power but I’m unsure exactly what that is. Instead of praying to a specific god, I just call out to the universe. 

I dislike living life by the terms other people set for me, like grades or unrealistic expectations. I hope to grow the definition of “me” through value exploration, meaningful experiences, and insightful coursework . I want to leave Baruch with a strong sense of identity.