- My name is Leyna after Billy Joel's song "All for Leyna"
- My major is Criminology Pre-Law.
- My long term career goal is to become a prosecutor.
- I am a senior here at the University of Oklahoma.
- I have two sisters, two cats, and a dog.
The major interesting facts to know about me are I love sports & I love to travel! I especially love to travel for sports :-) My life goal is to have been to all 48 states of the continental United States by the time I am 30; I have been to 37 so far! Just this summer I got to mark off a ton of states because my family drove(yes you read that right, we drove) all the way to Maine.
My family is super close, so my parents, sisters, and I all piled into a mini-van and set out on this marathon road trip. We went from:
Tulsa, OK ⇒ Niagara Falls, NY ⇒
Albany, NY ⇒ Montpelier, VT ⇒
Waterbury, VT ⇒ Bar Harbor, ME ⇒
Boston, MA ⇒ Salem, MA ⇒
Mystic, CT ⇒ NYC, NY ⇒
National Harbor, MD ⇒
Charlottesville, VA ⇒ Nashville, TN
As you can imagine, it was quite the whirlwind of a trip, but it was the most amazing one I have taken this year, and I have the million pictures I took to prove it! The thing I love about living in the United States is that the country is so big, every state is so unique. The twelve days my family and I spent in the car on this trip was the most diverse of days. We started out in Oklahoma where the weather was hot and humid, then we went to the northeast where is was warm and rainy (my absolute favorite weather is rain so I was digging it), and then we went to Maine where I froze to death on a boat ride in the fifty degree temperatures and then off to Virginia where it was hot and humid again!
My two sisters and I in front of Niagara Falls getting ready to board the Maid of the Mist boat tour in May 2017!
My dad, my youngest sister, and I after we hiked to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park while in Bar Harbor, Maine on my sister's birthday May 2017!
My sisters and I throwing tea into the Boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party Museum in June 2017!
On the left is my sisters and I at the short term art installation of the fearless girl standing in front of the Wall Street Bull statue in NYC in June 2017!
On the right is my family and I at Thomas Jefferson's estate, Monticello during the tour in June 2017!
I said the other important thing to know about me was my love for sports, and let me tell you I live and breathe athletics. I played soccer for years before an injury put me out of commission, but that never stopped my competitive spirit. In my house growing up, Saturdays were reserved for soccer and OU football. There is not a sport I will not watch! I have been lucky enough to go to the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, OU/TX game, and the Final Four to see OU play. My face will also appear from time to time on ESPN during basketball season since I am generally in the front few rows during the games :-) Since it is my senior year, I am planning on attending the only two OU sports I have not been to yet which are tennis and wrestling.
My friends and I outside of the Sugar Bowl before OU beat Aurburn in January 2017!
Me at the Orange Bowl in December 2015 where we had great seats on the first row of the upper deck in Miami, FL!
Picture of the TV that my mom took when she saw my friends and I on ESPN during the OU vs Iowa State basketball game in January 2017!
My friends and I got to take a picture with Coach Kruger in December 2016!!
This is me at the Final Four ready to cheer on OU in April 2016!
The hidden gem in all of my love for traveling and sports is my family. My little sisters are my favorite people in the entire world and I am still really close with both of my parents. Most of my favorite memories have something to do with my family, and I would not be who I am today without them. From my parents refusing to fly because "road trips are more fun" to my dad never letting me and my sisters win any board games because "how else will we learn to get better" my parents instilled in me my competitive nature and love for hitting the open road to see the sights.
To end my post, here is a picture of me and my sisters walking in Mystic, CT in June 2017! This is generally how you would find us walking around since two of the sisters now go to college away from the third <3
