Who Am I?

My name is Eliza Jane and I'm seventeen years young. I'm a senior in high school and live with my mother, a cat, a dog, and a fish named Nolan. My dad lives in Madison and my two half siblings live in Evanston. I have a really cute car that people say describes my personality perfectly; it's a green Volkswagen beetle. It's almost 14 years old and a diesel stick shift making it unique and fun to drive.

I dance between 25 to 30 hours a week at a studio about fifty minutes away from my house. It's the most important thing in my life and I plan to make a career out of it. I do ballet, pointe, jazz, and contemporary, and plan on majoring in dance at college while also double majoring in pre-physical therapy. I want to be a part of a ballet company after I graduate and hopefully move on to contemporary work later. During the week I leave right after 7th period and go straight to dance and don't get home until 10:30, which means late nights and early mornings. On Saturdays I dance from 8-7, and spend my hour long break at Panera eating bread with my dance buddies. I don't have much free time, but when I do, I try to hang out with school friends or my boyfriend, sleep, or watch TV and eat like a lazy bum because I'm classy like that. Dance has taught me to be dedicated, hardworking, adaptive, and open to knowledge. I look up to my teachers and friends, and together, we have made a comfortable and close knit community. There are so many aspects of dance that apply to real life that make it worthwhile in the long run. Dance pretty much defines my life and I am so fortunate that I have the opportunity to do it everyday. :)