LEAH TITUS
Follow messageWho am I? I am adventure.I am skydiving,bungy jumping,Zorbing,caving,canoeing,and rock climbing in New Zealand as an exchange student.I am exploration.I am riding camels,snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef,eating Crocodile in Australia as a Student Ambassador.I am expression.I am painting,photography,poetry,writer of a newspaper column.I am the outdoors.I am daughter of a cowboy,sound of rain on a tin roof,lover of lightning.I am leadership.I am counselor,teacher, tutor,representative,senator, president,publicity.Above all, I am Passion.I go all out. For I want to live life to its fullest.
Extracurricular
- I design and make clothes
- I design shirts for myself and friends
- sketch people, everyday objects, landscapes
- I draw people, landscapes, animales, my own designs, etc. in charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, pastel, and more
- Take pictures, collage
- I love to take pictures of nature, people of different ages, races, and personalities, sunsets, water, everyday items shown in new angles, and more. I also design collages and layouts for friends and family
- paint my own concepts, portraits, landscapes,
- I paint with gouache, watercolor, ink and wash, oil, and accryllic, and come up with peices that revolve a central idea or message. I also paint portraits, landscapes, etc. in realism, impressionism, and surrealism
- School Varsity Track and Feild
- I'm on the Yuba City High School Varsity Track and Field Team, I compete in Long Jump, triple jump, shot put, Discus, High Jump, and Pole Vault, and my coach wants to get me running the 100, 200, 400, and high hurtles, with the hopes of me becoming a hep
- Club Volleyball and High School Team
- I have played Opposite, Middle Blocker, Outside, and backrow for North Valley Jrs. Volleyball Team, Club Chappy, and for all four years on my high school's volleyball team, (who went to playoffs twice)
- My random creations along with AP Studio Art 3
- I draw, paint, create collages, decorate rooms, design clothes, shoes, tattoos, etc. on my own, but also used mixed media to create a 24 peice portfolio for my AP Studio Art Portfolio that focuses on breadth in 12 pieces, the remaining 12 concentrate on a
- Jazz with some Hip Hop
- I performed with Jaques Dance Expressions in Hip-Hop and Jazz
- short stories, poems, songs
- I write short stories, poems, and songs to express myself, relax, and publishment
- Spanish Honors Society
- I am publicity for the Yuba City High School Spanish Honors Society/AP Spanish Literature Club. It is my duty to inform the members, the school, and the public of our upcoming events. I also designed our club T-shirts with our motto "Vida sin pasion no
- Water Skiing, Knee boarding, tubing, wake boarding
- I love all water sports and do them in the summer in my spare time just for fun
- Target Day
- I helped elderly shop for Christmas presents, also personally shopped for
- Tutoring at local elementary school
- I started an after school arts and crafts/tutoring program at Lincrest Elementary School for grades kindergarten through fith.
- American Red Cross Hurrican Help
- I helped send our thank you letters to people who had donated to the American Red Cross in order to help families that suffered losses due to Hurricane Katrina
- teach Spanish to elementary kids
- My classmates and I play games and teach Spanish to local elementary students once a week. We hope to teach them another language, social skills, and how to make learning fun
- Riding For The Disabled
- While in Taupo, New Zealand on exchange I helped children with mental and physical disabilities play games and ride horses in order to improve confidence, social skills, and motor skills
- American Red Cross Hero's Breakfast
- I helped my local American Red Cross plan, set up, and prepare for this get-together breakfast in order to honor local 'Hero's' in our community
- American Red Cross Sweethearts Ball
- Key Club helps put on this event in February every year to raise money for our local American Red Cross and other charitable organizations
- Western Farm Workers
- Yuba City High School Key Club helps Western Farm Workers put on holiday parties for these impoverished farm oriented families
- Gave interview
- I was interviewed regarding an article I wrote to voice my fellow student's opinion to the new outer appearance changes to my high school
- Craftsmen for Christ
- I helped shop for and wrap Christmas presents, along with food and other neccessities for needy families
- Relay For Life
- We walked laps around a track to raise money for cancer awareness, research, and treatment
- Rake n' Run
- My church youth group went around the community and raked and straightened up the yards of the citizens that could no longer take care of them theirselves, then left without any payment
- Caroling at Senior Home
- My youth group and I went to local Senior Care Homes and sang to them, visited, and just talked with them
- American Field Service
- I went on exchange to New Zealand and did community service with Riding For the Disabled, and Trade Aide, but also studied the local Maori culture, staying at a Marae, and watching them demonstrate their customs, and traditions, I even helped prepare food
- Nazarene Church Camp
- A week long annual camp with Nazarene Church that teaches how to become closer to God, treat others with respect, and work as a team.
- Academic Talent Search
- I took a Drawing Class with Academic Talent Search at Sacramento State University
- Academic Talent Search
- I took a keyboarding class at Sacramento State University with the Academic Talent Search Program
- North Valley Jrs. Volleyball Team
- I lead my teammates in warm-ups, exercises, stretches, and cheers, as well as made sure we all agreed, everyone was taken care of, helping us to function as a true team.
- Yuba City High School Key Club
- I walked into the school community service club my sophomore year just to investigate and by the next week I was being elected as President. I quickly began searching for community service projects, getting new members to join, running meetings, writing a
- Yuba City High School Assisted Student Body
- I was elected to be a class representative my sophomore year of high school and voted for school-wide issues, then I was appointed Art director/Chairman for the Senior Float which I designed and drew, and directed the production of 3D props, the paint, an
- Western Farm Workers Holiday Parties
- I organized food, entertainment, designated duties, ran games for the children, and planned the whole parties for the impoverished families with no where else to go on the holidays
- Student Ambassador to Australia
- I traveled all around Australia and met with local and political leaders, representing the United States of America
Experience
- Free-lance Reporter
- Appeal Democrat
- 2007 to 2008
- I write a column for my local newspaper "The Appeal Democrat" called Yuba City High Beat
- Yuba City High School Tutor
- Yuba City Unified School District
- 2007 to 2008
- I tutor fellow high school students after school everyday in all subjects. We help struggling students and minorities get their grades up, especially in core subjects such as history, math, and english so they have a better change to graduate and hopefull
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
June 10
Background
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Hometown:
YUBA CITY
Interests
- Communications
- English Language & Literature
- Psychology
Favorites
- Movies:
Freedom Writers, Crash, Fight Club, Forest Gump, Spirited Away, Sandlot, the Lord of the Rings Series, Fight Club, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pearl Harbor, The Swing Kids, The Matrix, The Pursuit of Happyness, Pride and Prejudice, Pan's Labyinth, Ren
- TV Shows:
I don't watch very much TV but when I do it's usually CSI(especially since I'm in Forensics), Fear Factor (I want to be on it!), Project Runway(I like to design clothes too), the Travel Channel, the History Channel, and Animal Planet because I want to kno
- Music:
I like all different types of genres, every kind has it's place in life, whether it be for relaxing, exercising, dancing, etc., My favorite musicians also range from Sulime to Flyleaf, Mozart to Nickelback, Sarah McLachlan to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garth
- Websites:
I use iStock Photo.com to find pictures of people I can use for inspiration or reference for my art projects. I also use Converse.com to design my own personalized shoes. I also support invisible children.com. oh yeah, and zinch.com seems pretty cool t
- Quotes:
"Carpe Diem"-seize the day, I believe in living life to its fullest, making things happen. "People will forget what you said. People wil forget what you did. People will never forget how you made them feel." "Creativity is the ability to make mistakes. Ar
- Books:
I like Twilight, New Moon,& Eclipse for originality and addictiveness.Saving Fish From Drowning, for unique narrative perspective. 1984,for making me think of frightening possibilities.The Lovely Bones, for opening my eyes to different genres. Horton Hear























