Emily Willis from Emmy's Question

Emily Willis is one of our D.A.P.L Award Recipients for January 2009...read her blog post here!

Hey, I’m Emily Willis and I live in St. Augustine, Florida! My birthday is December 7 (Pearl Harbor Day!) and I just turned thirteen. I’m a 7th grader in the Arts Program at Murray Middle School where I take dance, advanced vocal, and drama. I LOVE the arts! I’ve taken dance and voice since I was five. Oh, yes, I take four academic classes also and am an A/B student although I did make a C this past term.

I want to become a marine biologist and/or fashion designer. I live on the beach so I get to see a lot of marine life, and my grandfather is a retired environmental consultant so I get a lot of knowledge from him. We even have real powerful microscopes to look at cool stuff with! When I’m done with school work I doodle fashion designs in my notebook. I designed a costume for one of our plays in drama class.

I’ve had a book written about me based on my diary and it tells about what it means to be the child of an alcoholic--and that you can be happy and have a good life in spite of it. The title is Emmy’s Question.

I have two cats and a dog. My dog, Mimi, is crazy. I like to read, especially the Lightning Thief series by Ric Riordan. It’s fun to play the Mario Bros racing game on my Wii, and when I have the time, I like taking photographs of my family, friends, pets, etc. I love all different kinds of music and art. And that’s enough about me!

Emily Willis