Citizen of the Month presented by the New Carlisle Rotary Club
In January, 2020, the New Carlisle Rotary Club awarded me with Citizen of the Month. I was so excited to express my thanks at this event, as I was eager to share how this award relates to my field of study at Ohio State: City and Regional Planning. Cities start with people. Architects, engineers, and urban planners can create beautifully planned, gorgeous cities, but with no residents, the city is not a city. Citizens are the building blocks to cities, communities, and societies; to be recognized as citizen of the month was such an honor as a student who would go on to study how a place is only as strong as the people who occupy it.