The best advice I've gotten from my mentors and coaches is to continue to invest in those around me . Um , I've learned investing in myself is , is very important , and I especially , um , in that transition into college , that initial journey to get here can feel very , I would say individualistic at times where it's about you getting to this next level . But once you get here and you're surrounded by people who are at the same level as you , playing for a bigger purpose , um , I've learned trying to cast as many people under your net as possible , um , especially on this journey , uh , to hopefully reach a higher level for me , um , in terms of professional .
Um , but as my process went on , um , I remember Northwestern was a school I was honestly not the most interested in at first . Obviously , it's an amazing school , but in terms of like distance from family and just being in a new place that I wasn't familiar with , I Wasn't feeling a great pull at first , but um , once I , like , opened my mind more , came on campus , uh , met the coaches , interacted with the staff and the team , and really got to see the full picture of what the school had to offer . Um , that was when I was like , wow , like , thank God my dad made me email this school and go on campus because I would have missed out on such a great opportunity and probably would have missed going to the place where I feel like I was , I was meant to be .
So I think if I had to tell myself , my younger self , one piece of advice , um , I would tell her that , yes , the place you end up is so important , but it's also what you make of that place , and you can't rely on just the place giving everything you want . Um , I think no matter where you are , especially in the college environment , I do feel like at Northwestern , I am where I belong , but I think there's also just so many good choices , especially now in this current college environment where just women's athletics in general is so competitive and it's getting So well grounded in terms of like , no , it's not just this school that's the best . Like there's so many good schools now , which I don't think is a bad thing at all .
I'm at Northwestern University , and I'm on the women's soccer team here . The best advice I've gotten from my mentors and coaches is to continue to invest in those around me . Um , I've learned investing in myself is , is very important , and I especially , um , in that transition into college , that initial journey to get here can feel very , I would say individualistic at times where it's about you getting to this next level .
Yeah . As a freshman coming in as the fall , that was my biggest point of contention as being like , wow , like , how am I going to continue to strive for such big athletic goals , when now academically , um , there's arguably just as high of a standard I need to maintain . Um , honestly , through the fall , it was a lot of trial and error of just figuring out what worked , especially , um , in terms of a time management schedule .
