Hi! My name is Rachel Kimball and I'm a senior at Burr and Burton Academy.  I am a second-year cinematography student and hope I can make and present some quality films this semester.

 

I've been an avid mountain biker since my freshman year, I Nordic ski in the winter, and play tennis in the spring. I enjoy contemporary embroidery as a pastime, will read any vaguely-interesting book you place in front of me, and, living in a rural town, have learned to love hiking, swimming, and all kinds of outdoor activities.

 

 I've always loved reading, writing, and the english language as a whole. I also have some (limited) knowledge of Spanish, and am beginning to learn Korean. Because of this love of languages, I plan to be a linguistics major when I get to college.

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Other important factoids:

• I was born in Utah! Most of my dad's family live there, and the rest of my mom's family live in California and assorted western states.

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• I own an (invaluable) collection of 30+ lip balms. Honestly, at this point I should just be a Burt's Bees ambassador.

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• I convinced myself and my family I wanted to be a pro-rollerblader last year — like those "urban blading in Beijing" videos you can find on YouTube — and so I got rollerblades for my birthday. However, living on a pebbly dirt road at the top of a steep hill doesn't really facilitate easy practicing, so I'm no closer to being a "pro" than I was in May 2018. Unfortunate, I know.

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• I once got stuck in a baby swing when I was seven years old at my grandpa's house in Idaho. I was wearing full snow gear, and there was probably a foot of snow on the ground. My sister left me crying in the swing to go inside and laugh at me from the living room window with my dad.