Hi my name is Shelby. I am a fourth year architecture student with a minor in city planning. I grew up in Monroe, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati and I’ve lived in Ohio my whole life. My first time out of the country, and my first time on a plane was on the London Spring Break trip in 2014, when I was a freshman. Since then, I have developed a bit of an addiction to traveling and went on Jackie’s Europe Maymester trip in 2015 and an independent research trip to France in 2016. I have also gone on trips with AIAS to Boston over this past winter break, and a SERVitecture trip to Nashville spring break of last year. I am very excited to be traveling to Santiago, because it will be my first time traveling to South America. I have always had an interest in drawing, it is the main reason I decided to major in architecture, so I am very excited to explore different methods of sketching that are new to me as well as practice techniques that I am familiar with. My interests outside of architecture include photography, music, painting (albeit not too well), and reading. I just finished a book called House of Leaves and would highly recommend it for anyone interested in the unusual, and my favorite shows on Netflix right now are House of Cards, Black Mirror, American Horror Story, How to Get Away with Murder, and the Crown.