By MONTANA MCCULLOUGH, Student Reporter
Growing up didn’t come easy for Taylor McCullough, but she pushed her way through the challenges life threw at her.
Taylor is the middle child of three kids. Her older sister is Montana McCullough and her younger brother is Chase Schmidt. Taylor had a pretty good life for the first eight years of her life. Then an accident occurred that would change her life forever.
On May 13, 2006, Taylor lost her my in a car accident. After that, Taylor had to push through life without her mom. She had to help take care of her little brother, go to school and pretend like everything was ok.
Life began to slow down for a while after that. Taylor was named Miss South Barber her senior year of high school. Taylor also competed in speech and debate contest throughout her high school career.
During her senior year, Taylor was able to compete in the Miss Cinderella pageant held at Northwestern. Through the pageant, Taylor received a scholarship to come to Northwestern. After that, Taylor graduated from South Barber High School in 2015.
Taylor decided to come to Northwestern because of the affordability of it and it was close to home. Taylor has made several friend by coming here. In her free time, Taylor enjoys hanging out with friends, working and relaxing.