My Five Strengths Are….

NDIVIDUALIZATION
RELATOR
COMMUNICATION
WOO
ADAPTABILITY

Strengths Quest Reflection

Individualization
I often choose to disregard stereotyped roles in people when I first meet them. For example, when I came to OSU and met the dance majors I would be taking class with, I went into the situation with a clear head. I knew we were all dancers and there are stereotypes that follow that role such as being catty or only caring about dancing, but I hoped to meet everyone and I set out to ask people what they enjoy OUTSIDE of dance so that I could learn more about everyone as an individual, not just a dancer.

Communication
I am someone who loves to meet new people and I am also someone who moved to Columbus without knowing a single person here. I am usually the persom to introduce my friends to one another, but in this experience of coming to a new place I have had to change that role and introduce myself to new friends. Although it can seem repetitive at times, I very much enjoy going to a coffee shop and sitting next an individual I don’t know and sparking up a conversation with them. Part of this is just my talkative personality, the other part is where I am from in Louisville, KY. Kentucky has a very southern attitude when it comes to conversation. In my hometown, strangers get in long conversations on the street or at the bus stop and to pause someone just to talk isn’t a chore, but something interesting.

Adaptability
As I mentioned, I am new to the city of Columbus. Although I love new places, not knowing where I am in space or how to get around the area is something I cannot stand. I am definitely anal about knowing where I am and knowing directions. As a result, every weekend I have been in town I choose a day to take the COTA bus somewhere in the city that I have never been before. I also take regular bike rides around campus so that I can familiarize myself with my school. I’ve found some niches and interesting places I wouldn’t have found otherwise and I can’t wait to keep exploring.

Kailee Segarra

For our first official assignment for Arts Scholars, Kailee and I walked around, talked about ourselves and took a couple pictures along the way. As a fellow Dance major, we’re used to sharing the studio space together, but not so used to sharing the world outside the room with a mirror.

I did, however, learn a lot more about Kailee. For starters, Kailee is originally from up north in Buffalo, New York where she was born a fan of hockey and football and learned to love watching sports (looks like she came to the perfect school). As a result, she’s athletic in terms of her interests and outfit branding. Her favorite clothing brand is Nike and she represents it well in the picture. Although she enjoys watching sports and rooting on her teams, she definitely finds her passion in dance arts and feels more comfortable in the studio than on the field.

Furthermore, Kailee loves having the chance to be a performer and dance on a stage (a feeling we share) as well as choreograph and work with different movement.

When I met Kailee at our first floor meeting, I discovered she was one of those bold students taking on a double major, one being in the arts, but on our mini adventure I learned that Kailee has more interests than just biology. She’s on a pre med track and hopes to delve into the specifics of dermatology one day.

I really got a chance to learn that Kailee and I share interests in dancing and choreography as well as the fact that we both love music. She, however, has her own style and personality that is wonderfully distinct and shows who she is. In all honesty, it’s difficult to capture a person like Kailee in a picture so I think this one is very appropriate. As a generally happy and upbeat individual, I felt it fit for her to be pictured smiling and in a location close to home: the stage.