So you found yourself wondering...

What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is Katie Doing This Year?

Well, you, my friend, have found the perfect place to read. Before we get to this year, let's take a stroll back in time to Summer 2017. Set the scene: Donald Trump is President, I head towards my last year at Lebanon Valley College, a casual sunset shines the orangey-pink light of a new beginning over the rural Pennsylvania town of Malvern I call home. A thought comes to mind: What will I do when I graduate? To be honest, this was not an original thought. It had been tossed around several months before at a family dinner. Proposed by my grandmother in casual conversation, the topic took a turn for the worse with my simple answer: "I have no clue." I had some opportunities for jobs in my field and some applications printed but not filled, but I have never been one to fluff my answers into something others want to hear. I had no clue. 

After much research and plenty of consideration, I decided to put myself out there and apply for a Fulbright Award through LVC. I still had not been set on any career I could attain with only my BA in Music and, frankly, if I want to get my Master's in Music by research, I want to do it abroad.
So, long story short, here I am, a year from then, heading to the UK on a Fulbright Scholarship to achieve my MRes Music degree at Bangor University. 

Note: This blog is not an official U.S. Department of State website.  The views, information, and opinions presented here are that of my own and do not represent the Fulbright program or the Department of State.