Moving Forward...

Hi! My name is Maria Bauer, I'm 20 years old and I am student at Granite State College. I haven't always been a student here; I started at Hesser. I am a classic example of being one of those people who have to try different places until you find one that fits you. I have found that place! This is the third time I have started college. It was just as scary as starting the first time, but it had more meaning to me the third time around, by then it was something I knew I wanted...needed.

About me: I am a musician, I have been taking piano lessons from the ages of 3-18; violin/viola lessons from 4-18; singing lessons for a year in between somewhere in there. In those years I was in a scholarship string quartet where we played for the NH Governor's inauguration two years in a row, I was in several chamber orchestras and for piano I played in several competitions and accompanied fellow students as well as the Concord Community Music School president as she sang in a concert (granted she was my teacher) but it was still an honor for me. I just picked up a guitar and have started writing my own songs. I try and play at as many open mics as I can.

I am an outdoors person. I love to get in my car and drive to nowhere, get lost and take picture. Otherwise with the spare time that I find I rock climb both indoors and out, bike, hike, run/jog, kayak, rollerblade, play tennis, basketball, volleyball, basically if I can get my hands on it and it's new and interesting I will try it at least once. I have my motorcycles license with no bike...yet! 

My focus on school is very important to me. I am very lucky to have a father who can support me as I am only working a part-time job so I can take 4 classes at a time (instead of 2 which is still considered full time), I am a classic example of "work hard play hard." Even though I am doing a double course load and school is my main focus I still need to figure out how to balance my life.

I had a job where they made me pick between work and school two different times and both times I chose my work. This time I chose school which is myself. I chose myself! I'm here to prove that it can be done, whether you need to do one class at a time, or more. This time is about you. Come and join me! It's about you this time!