Friday, January 24, 2014

Ally from Cali

My name is Alexandra Claire Triolo, but I've shortened that monstrosity down to Ally. I am from Hollister, California, and contrary to popular belief, it is nothing like the store. Hollister is a small farming town in Northern California nestled thirty minutes inland from the Monterey Peninsula. My family owns a cattle ranch, agricultural trucking company, and lots of hay and seed. I grew up sitting on my dad's lap while he drove the tractor around my grandpa's orchard. I also love to go hunting.

These are pictures of me duck and deer hunting. I shot this buck on my ranch this summer.


This is a picture of my ranch and cattle during feeding time. 

I realize these pictures may be a little shocking, but I'm a "girly girl" too. I learned how to apply false eyelashes by the time I was six through my ten year rendezvous on a competitive dance team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNL02jiGvkg <---- Here is a link to a video of one of my dance performances. I also learned how to distinguish each fork from one another while dancing the box step through my attendance of cotillion. I guess I was sort of an enigma growing up.

Once in high school, I transitioned into tennis, swim, and student government. There is  only one high school in Hollister. It boasts a livestock barn, "Hollister Haybaler" mascot, and a top athletic program. Think Friday Night Lights on steroids. Many of my best friends and I have gone to school together since kindergarten, some even since preschool. That is why I chose to attend The University of Texas at Austin. I needed to be forced outside of my comfort zone, and honestly, I wanted a clean slate. Anyone who's from a small town can resonate with me on that one. Now that I'm away however, I look back upon Hollister with a great deal of fondness and tenderness. Below are pictures from my tennis season.



I'm so appreciative to be in attendance at the University of Texas at Austin because I truly believe there is no better place in the world to help students make their dreams come true. I'm a bit wishy washy about what I want my career to be, but I know I love to talk. I hope to be accepted by the Archer Program to intern for the White House media team, and spend a semester participating in UTLA to try my hand at broadcast entertainment news. Last semester, I had a fling with Texas Student Television's Sneak Peak entertainment news show that I hope to rekindle once I'm ready. (It's not you TSTV, it me.) I'm currently a Staff Writer for the Daily Texan's Opinion Column, Director of Lectureship Fundraising for my sorority, Delta Gamma, and a member of Young Life and Cru.











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