Hey, My name is Jaylee Ross and this is my second year of being the online manager for the Northwestern newspaper. I’m a sophomore at NWOSU and I’m involved in Castle Players and the Northwestern News.
I am majoring in mass communications with a minor in theater.
My hometown is two hours south in Crescent, where I was involved in FCCLA, speech and debate, one-act, softball and cheer.
I have been involved in softball since I was a little kid. I went to so many college camps and had always wanted to play in college.
One singular leg workout changed my life forever. I had a traumatic injury my sophomore year of high school when I overworked the lateral muscle in my leg and killed it. It was so devastating when I realized I could never play sports again.
When I discovered speech and debate, it changed my life forever. I never knew I would like to talk in front of people because I was always so shy. I discovered I wanted to be a mass communications major and theater minor because I was involved in speech and debate and one-act.
I loved the fact that I could entertain a room and make everyone feel in some type of way, whether they were sad, happy or make them laugh so hard they had to leave the room.
In the future, I plan on working in the entertainment industry (film/TV or theater-related jobs). I love the art of creating a set, a prop and characters.
The people I have met through the arts have been the most encouraging and outgoing people I have ever met.
I hope to travel across the world in the future for my job and to experience other cultures, but in reality, I just want to create something that people will be in awe of in the long run.
I plan to move out of Oklahoma for more opportunities and to meet new people from other places. I’m excited for the future and can’t wait for all of the opportunities I will have, the people I will meet, and the things I will create. As always, Ride Rangers Ride.
Check out the newspaper’s website at https://northwesternnews.rangerpulse.com/.
