Self Introduction

Hi everyone! My name is Audre Wheeler and I am a sophomore here at Baruch. Currently, my major is Management in Musical Enterprises through the Weissman School but I am interested in expanding and possibly double majoring in this and Film. I’ve been at Baruch since I started college so if you ever need a hand around campus just let me know! I am a New York native, I have lived in Brooklyn all of my life and most of my family is from here as well. My grandfather on my mother’s side is originally from Barbados and some of my family still live there. Unfortunately, I only speak English but I plan to minor in French. I’ve always wanted to learn another language and since I was only able to take French in 10th grade, I thought that I’d continue now. I’ve been involved with music my entire life. In 7th and 8th grade, I was apart of my middle school’s choir and had the opportunity to tour around New York state. Ever since then music has become embedded in my goals and it’s something I have always wanted to pursue. I worked at a recording studio in my senior year and attended New York University for a summer to take a class in music business. I’ve always been a very ambitious person and I’ve tried to do as much as I possibly can to get to where I want to be. I attended 3 different high schools before graduating, including an all-girls Catholic school and all-girls public school. Though difficult at times, I think the amount of transition I went through allowed me to better develop my adaptability to different situations. During most of my high school career summers, I attended an academic camp called the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Through this experience, I was able to attend many different college-level classes and come into contact with a lot of different environments. I believe that this had helped me adapt more easily to the college lifestyle. I don’t have much of a professional writing background aside from school assignments. Personally, though, I write constantly. I write an array of things from songs to screenplays to poetry to personal essays. I’ve always been better at writing than any of my other subjects. I was never great at math or science or any technical areas but I always seemed to succeed in more creative areas. After college, whether I work in music or film, I know that writing is going to be an essential part of my job. I would like to develop my writing skills throughout college and definitely in this class.