Hi everyone, my name is Sierra Beggs, and I look forward to taking this class with all of you! I’m a recent transfer from Palomar. I’ve been in San Diego all of my life—mainly in a small town called Ramona. It’s both a blessing and a curse, because I don’t know if I could live anywhere else, but it is also a pretty expensive place to live (as probably all of you know). I love being so close to the beach, mountains, and desert all at once. My mom even used to call me a fish, because I love being in the water. When I was younger, I would be in the ocean for six hours straight without coming to shore, which also lead to some pretty nasty sunburns because I’m so pale. And I can’t forget to mention the sheer biodiversity we have, not just with plants, but also animals and insects.

Oh, and I also have a 16 1/2 year old dog named Ruby, who I can’t even begin to explain how much I love (she’s shown in the first picture at the bottom—isn’t she just the cutest). She’s like a little toddler. She’s a little blind and a little deaf now, which causes her to cause a lot of chaos—like getting into places where she thinks she’s stuck, but isn’t really stuck. She also told me she’s going to live at least until 19, so no worries there.

There’s honestly not much to say about my life, although, I do work at Barnes and Noble, so at least my book addiction can be supplied at a reasonable price thanks to a discount. I like reading in any format, but physical books have a special place in my heart. I wasn’t that into reading until 4th grade. My mom was in a PTA meeting afterschool, and told me to stay put…but I can’t sit still for the life of me. So in my boredom I snuck into the library, with the totally legit spy skills I learned from a friend. While wondering around in the library, I picked up a copy of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I read the first page and was enamored. From that moment on, the smell of books was ingrained in my brain, and reading became one of my favorite things. And writing also became something I loved. Other than that, I enjoy acting and singing. I’m also trying to get myself to have more hobbies. Currently, I’m trying to learn some music theory and hopefully compose some music.

(The last two photos are from when I was lucky enough to travel to a few places I’ve always wanted to visit. The first one is the Temple of Poseidon in Greece, and the second was in Amsterdam at the Van Gogh Museum. As you can tell, I was extremely excited to see Van Gogh’s paintings in person because he is one of my favorite artists. [Along with Caravaggio who I also got to see some of his works in person.])