College Chronicles

So we have to make a digital portfolio, and it starts with an ‘About Me’- I hate writing bios, especially when they have to be short.

Needless to say, I decided to be a pretentious fuck because I am the literal worst.

Identity is subjective; how I explain myself could be irrelevant to how you ultimately view me. That being said, I try to prove I am who I say I am to the best of my ability.

Now, who do I say I am?

In the most dull of descriptions, I am Jack Ramirez, first-year student at the University of Washington in Bothell. That is accurate information, but it doesn’t tell you much about myself, does it?

There is a saying by a favorite poet of mine, Edgar Allen Poe:

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

I am a dreamer, with no regard for time of day, or time at all. I aim to be larger than life, because life is so much larger than we could ever conceive. An analyst, a visionary, a starry-eyed idealist who won’t be content with ‘what is’, who sees the world in vivid hues of 'could be’.

Truth be told, I firmly believe that speaks volumes more than my intended career or my place of birth.