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Sydney Ross

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Hi, I'm Sydney! I'm an inspired artist with strong ambitions. I plan on pursuing art and entrepreneurship! I want to continue to empower students to think long-term for their life and their community. To become leaders of their generation and take charge of their passion. With a little bit of guidance and opportunity, anyone can do anything they desire! https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-ross-05b649294/

Education

Vista Ridge High School

High School
2020 - 2024

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Master's degree program

  • Majors of interest:

    • Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
    • Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
    • Community Organization and Advocacy
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Arts

    • Dream career goals:

      Creative Director or Social Entrepreneurship

    • DECA Member

      DECA
      2021 – 20243 years
    • CEO

      SpikeSight
      2020 – Present4 years
    • Commissioned Artist

      Myself
      2020 – Present4 years

    Research

    • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

      Capstone — Author
      2021 – 2022
    • Social Sciences, General

      Capstone — Author and Researcher
      2022 – 2023

    Arts

    • Scholastic Regionals Art Competition

      Illustration
      3 Silver Keys, 3 Honorable Mention
      2020 – Present

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Fresh inc — Student teacher
      2023 – Present
    • Advocacy

      LEEF — Coordinator
      2021 – 2022
    • Volunteering

      NJHS/ Vista Ridge Highschool — Creative organizer
      2019 – 2019

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    Entrepreneurship

    John Traxler Theatre Scholarship
    "What's the difference between right and wrong?" is a divisive question yet repetitively asked in arguments between my father and me. Without question, I try to answer him, but I'm more bothered by the binary nature of the question. So, I often leave it unanswered until the scale's weight starts to favor "who is right" in the argument. Unfortunately, this later caused distance in my relationship with my father. His trauma and experiences caused him to see the world in black and white. However, I never wanted a split in our relationship because I grew up experiencing and learning the gray spaces. Despite our passionate arguments and my opposition, I'm deemed the favorite amongst my siblings, and in the end, I love my dad. And even with my father out of the household, my mom, who I saw as overworked and exhausted, didn't just work to keep us afloat. To my surprise, she had personal goals to further my family's future for generational wealth. The underlying themes and motivations for people are precisely what makes us complex. It's left undiscovered, waiting for us to investigate and uncover our motives. Slapping "this or that" limits us from creating compromises and discovering something new. Before high school, I was in that "who am I?" stage. Now, I've discovered that viewing myself as either a straight A+ student or a failure, I sell myself short, disregarding the admirability that came from my interests and passions. Stepping into uncharted territory, I encouraged myself to learn and submerge myself in various studies and ambitious situations. This uncovered my love for research, presentations, leading, and art history, substantially more than what I could have discovered with a definitive label on who I was. Although labeling myself as an artist can be limiting, it's a special title that allows me to create, combine, and define what that means. It's an ever-evolving title that changes as I grow as a person, which I want to encourage in this world. In my artwork, I take inspiration out of the binary structure of the world. I would twist and squeeze out each subject's "not so obvious" polar relationships. My personal experiences spark an inquiry that would have me experiment; combining disciplines, demographics, and themes can make the artwork evolve. Additionally, changing my art-making approach, whether using research methods, incorporating my business knowledge, or directing large projects with various people, teaches and allows me to grow as a student and an artist. Designating myself as an artist gives me the power to define old or new ideas, such as how a scientist or any other profession achieves that. I look to become my own researcher and promote new concepts, and in the process inspire my peers to create their pathways by studying, exploring, and diversifying themselves with new disciplines. So by pursuing art, I look to achieve new metrics encouraging us to be less divisive, accept new "yes's and no's," and expose unexplored aspects of art and uncontextualized life features in the world.