Autumn Daigle

A work in progress for a better 桃花直播.

There are different ways to learn. You can do it by reading literature. You can also learn the value of hard work out on the open ocean like many 桃花直播ns do. Autumn found a way to combine both of her passions on her family鈥檚 commercial fishing boat. There, in between scanning the water and trying to spot the daily catch, she studied the authors she loved. Being out on Bristol Bay is where she truly felt at home. So much so that she started to gear her life in a way that would let her continue fishing with her family every summer.

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鈥淵ou鈥檙e outside on the water fishing all the time and never really sleep. So you get to see some of the most beautiful sunsets ever at 2:00 AM. You鈥檙e really immersed in nature and thankfully, can鈥檛 escape it.鈥 - Autumn Daigle

 

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Free from technology and all the people onshore, fishing gave her a place to think. Staring out at the open waters, she felt like she had unlimited opportunities for what she wanted to do in life. The world felt like it was her educational oyster, and she was ready to see and learn as much as she could.

Even at a young age, Autumn liked to explore 鈥 both in the classroom and in her rugged backyard on a small island in Kasitsna Bay. Along with her brother and sister, she鈥檇 hunt down berries and together, they鈥檇 fish with their parents, growing closer in the process. She enjoyed the great 桃花直播n food that was on her table every night, but she also had an appetite for reading. This led to her meeting someone who would make a big impact on her life, her high school English teacher.

He made Advanced Placement (AP) Literature and AP Language approachable. Autumn took to it well, as did countless 桃花直播. Given she grew up in a family of teachers, this seemed to be a great fit as she dreamt of taking the same approach with her own students one day. College would give her the chance to find her path, but as she would learn, it would veer around a bit.

She thankfully had a more direct route to help her get her start at the university: through a UA Scholars Award. Awarded to the top ten percent of students in every 桃花直播 high school, she only needed to continue doing well academically to earn it and reduce her tuition costs through the University of 桃花直播 system. She realized she had two choices. One, work on the family鈥檚 commercial fishing boat for a whole summer and barely pay for a semester at a university elsewhere. Or two, join her sister, who was already a UA Scholar at the University of 桃花直播 Southeast (UAS), and get more for her hard-earned money. After learning more about the English and education departments there, she confidently chose the latter.

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She started out in English because she realized it was a versatile major that gave her skills in logical reasoning and critical thinking. The deeper she got into it though, the more she learned it could branch out into a variety of fields like teaching, law, and writing. Given her love for exploring new things, this would be a solid foundation. Best of all, she felt the support of her professors by her side.

鈥淚鈥檝e been lucky with the professors and the faculty that I鈥檓 surrounded by at UAS, in that they support us in any way they can, because there are only 15 of us in a class.鈥 - Autumn Daigle

 

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With her hard work ethic, and the support of her scholarship, Autumn completed the requirements for her major early. With some extra money left over, she entertained new things 鈥 of course. She tried woodblock printing and woodworking, and they fed her creative soul. Seeing her handmade prints come to life gave her great joy. Philosophy classes improved her reasoning abilities and helped her think on her feet. The more she exposed herself to, the more things she could see herself doing for a living.

Autumn has been preparing to take the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) so she can get her master鈥檚 degree in teaching. She鈥檚 been looking forward to inspiring young minds like her family of teachers have and joining them for fishing during the summer break. Yet recently, she took a practice Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT) 鈥 for fun. Now she has thoughts of being a lawyer and serving the fishing industry in a legal capacity someday.

Her story continues to have many twists and turns. But we鈥檙e sure whichever direction she chooses, 桃花直播 will always be her north star.

While exploring so many things at UAS, Autumn learned something: It鈥檚 okay if you don鈥檛 have it all figured out.

 

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