The "Future" Issue - 99 Volume 2, Issue 4

Forward
By: Madison Hanna
In the fall, Kate Sharpley (bottom right on p. 16) is going
to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she
will be studying nursing. “I have many family members in the
nursing and medical fields, so I think it was a natural choice
for me,” Sharpley said. “I’m really looking forward to moving
to Indiana since I’m originally from the midwest,” Sharpley
finished.
Jackson Butler (top right on p. 17) is probably taking one of the most
unique paths among the JD seniors. “I plan on serving a mission for the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Milan, Italy,” said Butler. “Serving a mission
is something that I am really excited to do and I think it will prove to be
extremely beneficial for me in the future,” said Butler. “My parents have never
pressured me into going. They have always just wanted me to do what I feel is
best for me,” he said. Butler can’t wait to spend time in the beautiful country of
Italy. “I will learn to speak Italian, visit all the tourist attractions one day a week,
and enjoy all of the delicious Italian cuisine,” Butler said.
He is currently scheduled to leave for Milan on July 22, where he will spend two years serving. Then,
Butler is planning on attending Brigham Young University and majoring in economics. “My hopes for the future
are that I just want to be successful… and I gauge my success not by how much money I have or how successful
other people think I am. I gauge it by how happy I am,” he said. Butler also wants to have a family after he
returns from his mission.
Courtney Strydom (bottom left on p. 17) will be attending UCLA in the fall, where she will be majoring
in environmental science. “I visited UCLA’s campus in September of last year and absolutely loved it. When
I found out I was admitted, I was absolutely ecstatic,” Strydom said. “I was also excited because UCLA was
ranked as the #1 university for dining hall food in the country in 2019,” she said. Besides the wonderful food,
she is excited to go to school with JD alumnus Ian Pascual (Class of 2019) who is also attending UCLA.
Strydom is hoping to join the club swim team on campus as well as going on fun trips to the beach.
“Since my freshman year, I’ve been wanting to go to college in California, so LA is the perfect place for me to
go. It’s a vibrant city filled with opportunities and fun things to do and I can’t wait to explore it more in the
next 4 years,” Strydom finished.
To learn about other seniors’ plans after high school, check out @jdchs2020 on Instagram.
“If I can say at the end of
something that I was happy
more often than not,
then it would have been a
success.” - Jackson Butler
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