Honor Society® member
Jacie Heard
Sales Associate at Famous Footwear
- Bethel University Saint Paul
- English and Creative Writing
- Class of 2016
- SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota
Member since March 2016
About
I love school and I am always excited to learn new things and sometimes the most random pieces of information are the most interesting. I work hard at whatever I do and I tend to be a little bit of a perfectionist. I love having fun and spending time with the people I love. I am a diabetic and legally blind, but I do not let anything hold me back. I use strong contacts and glasses to see. I will never see perfectly, but as of right now I am very close to perfect. People seem to like to limit me due to my disabilities which only makes me work harder to achieve my goals. I have three lovely sisters and a niece and nephew. I love them to pieces and would not trade them for anything in the world. They always spur me on to strive to be the very best that I can knowing my disabilities they do not see me as anything less than normal.
Education
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Bethel University
English and Creative Writing
2016
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Sioux Falls Christian High School
2012 – 2016
Honors and awards
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Academic Excellence
I have received this throughout my high school career for my superior grades and extra-curricular activities.
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Senior Dancer
I am the senior dancer at my studio so I teach younger kids and choreograph my own solo and a few other dances. She chooses one dancer every year normally based off of their dedication and skill.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Author or Journalist. I would love to be an author, but I realize that it does not pay the bills right away and I have pursued journalism as a job to pay the bills before my love of novels does. My parents always joked that I would write the next Harry Potter series since I was so obsessed with the books for a very long time and accomplishing something as successful as that is a new personal goal!
- Graduate school interests
I have not decided if I am going to go to grand school yet but if I did I would continue my study of English and writing to better equip me to meet my goals.
- Outside the classroom
I am a Dancer for Allison's Dance Academy and I have danced since Kindergarten. I take part in jazz, hip hop, ballet, point, and lyrical. I play guitar and it is a great stress reliever. I babysit my nephew and niece and spend 80% of my time with them. I love to read and write and always have. I also love sports and I used to play volleyball, but I have had some injuries that have stopped me from playing school ball. I also love going to movies with friends and getting competitive over the smallest games. I also collect napkins and randomly started because my mom thought it was a cool thing to do in the third grade I now have nearly 200. I love Netflix and I am a major fan of Supernatural, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Arrow and many other shows.
Experience
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Sales Associate
Famous Footwear
Apr 2015 – Mar 2016
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Daycare provider and assistant teacher
SnickleFritz Prep
Dec 2013 – Jan 2015
Volunteering
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We run a vacation Bible camp for the children of Rosebud. We teach them Bible stories, math, sciences, and PE. We also build onto a park we started a few years ago. We spend time with the children that have been abused or neglected and make them feel love
Prairie Lights Youth Ministry
Jun 2015 – Jun 2020
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I mentor a girl who was suicidal and had some medical issues. I met with her once a week and whenever she needed me. I helped her in her walk with Christ and was able to steer her on the right path.
First CRC Ministries
Jun 2014 – Mar 2016
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We take a week and go to different areas of the US and Canada to do mission work. We evangelize, paint houses, feed the hungry and homeless, help the disabled, play with orphans, etc.
Youth Unlimited
Jun 2013 – Jun 2015
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Every other week we do a service Wednesday where we go to homes of the disabled and help them with things around the house or whatever their needs be.
First CRC Youth Group
Aug 2012 – Mar 2016
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
