I am studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My specialization is public relations. I am also majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe. I have dreams of working for some kind of international organization, hopefully doing public relations, marketing or communications. I have a passion for travel and learning languages. My goal coming into college was to learn as many languages as possible. I have basic knowledge of Italian and German, and I can speak and write in French at an intermediate level. My next pursuit is Spanish[[File:ShannonCoy2.jpg|thumb]]
Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is also majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe. She has dreams of working for some kind of international organization, hopefully doing public relations, marketing or communications. At UNC, I Shannon lead our a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, we're in the process of applying to the national network). I'm She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, I'm she is one of the curators for our UNC's annual TEDx conference. We're This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.