A quick biography

My name is Sloan Patterson. I am from the town of Palm Harbor, Florida and I have three younger siblings and the most amazing parents. I am currently living in Gainesville but love to go home and visit my family. I grew up near the beach and I have always loved it. Soccer was also a very big part of my life. I played club soccer my whole life and I still participate in intramural soccer at UF. Now I am 21 years old and am just finishing up my third year at the University of Florida. I am majoring in Journalism and Telecommunications and minoring in Communication Studies. I love my major. It has given me the opportunity to experience broadcast journalism in a hands-on environment. For the past two years, I have gotten the chance to be a student intern/reporter for WUFT News. WUFT News is a NPR affiliated TV and Radio station that broadcasts on PBS. I have loved learning how to report, edit, write, and produce scripts and packages for the news. I'm not completely sure that broadcast journalism is what I want to do with my career but the experience has been great and I know that I could always end up pursuing a job in telecommunications. Instead, I have recently decided to go to law school. I am starting up an LSAT class next week and I will be taking the LSAT in June and then I will begin applying to law schools. I am planning on applying to different schools in Florida because I really love it here. As for what time of law I want to practice, I am not 100% sure. I plan to figure out what I like when I am in law school. For now, I think I would like environmental law or something to do with human rights because that is what I am most passionate about. I am also heavily involved with Dance Marathon, a student-run philanthropy that raises money and awareness for Children's Miracle Network hospitals. We work all year to fundraise and plan the event. This year UF raised over 2 million dollars for our local hospital, Shands. I participate in Dance Marathon fundraising events every year, such as bowling, food truck rallies, and a 5K race. The University of Florida truly has so much to offer and I have loved attending this school for the past three years. Thinking about graduation makes me feel sad but I plan to make the most out of the rest of my time here!