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==Bio==
Ishita (Ishi /ISH-ee/) Sharma is a junior at the University of North Florida, majoring in Business Intelligence. She transferred to the University of North Florida (UNF) from the Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication in Pune, India, which is where she spent the majority of her life. Several years back, her family’s relocation gave her the opportunity to complete a few of her elementary and middle school years in New Jersey. This offered her great direction in terms of honing her writing, leadership, communication and adaptation skills. However, this period of extensive learning was followed by the most trying time of her life: returning to her previous school in India. It was difficult to adapt to a new education system alongside learning multiple new languages and finding a place for herself.
For a while, school was a dreadful time…until opportunities slowly began to surface, in the form of solo auditions, debates and the literary club. Ishi began to maximize her time in school by using these extracurricular activities to step out of her comfort zone and learn new skills. With persistence and hard work, she was upraised to the choir’s lead soloist, voice actor, magazine & literary club editor, and the winner of several public speaking competitions. After a few failures in the initial semesters, she entered high school as a straight-A student, with her growth trajectory shooting upwards—emotionally, mentally, and academically. The adversity that once seemed a stumbling block turned into a stepping stone towards developing resilience and honing her skills, and these challenges have been crucial in shaping her into the person she is today. She spent two years studying Communication (Advertising) at her former college in India and transferred to UNF in the fall of 2022 with this drive to continue learning and growing.
