Tessa Pieretti - Blog Post 1

Hello class, my name is Tessa Pieretti and I am a freshman here at UNR. I was born and raised here in Reno, Nevada and I love it here in Reno, it is my home. The cold weather is actually one of my favorite parts about this city. I really like summer weather as well, but only if I am on vacation or in Lake Tahoe. I would much rather be cold than hot, and I love the snow. There are so many fun things to do in the snow. For example, snowshoeing, sledding, skiing, snowboarding, snowball fights, ice skating, etc. I can go on all day.

My major is Community Health Science (CHS). I am not 100% sure what I want to do with that, but definitely something medical. Maybe I can be a Physician’s Assistant or something. In high school, I completed the Sports Medicine program and just began to love anything medical related. Sports medicine and kinesiology are so fascinating to me as well. I love learning how the body works and how we heal and all sorts of things like that.

If I am ever not working on school work, I enjoy soccer, going to the gym, or spending time with my friends or dogs. I played soccer for 11 years of my life and stopped playing my junior year of high school. I stopped, because I started working and it interfered too much with soccer. I wanted to keep working because I loved making money of my own, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and quit. I still go to the soccer fields and get together with some of my old teammates as much as I can. I love soccer and it taught me so many things, so I try not to let that part of me go. I also love going to the gym. Sometimes it kicks my ass, but I love the feeling.

Currently, I do not have a job because I am trying to focus on school, but I am starting one soon. I am going to be working at the Health and Wellness Center at Renown. Most of it is clerical work and making spreadsheets, going to local elementary schools and talking to kids, etc. But it gets my foot in the door and I cannot wait to start and learn so many things and just pursue what I would like to do with my life.

Some super random facts about me include; I don’t eat breakfast, but if I do it’s usually around like 1:00 pm which is lunch time, but it’s breakfast food so that counts as breakfast, right? I don’t know, maybe. That is up to you, I guess. I have a hard time functioning if I don’t have coffee in the morning and it’s been like that since sophomore year of high school. I hate all kinds of seafood, any seafood. Broccoli and Brussel Sprouts are two of my top favorite vegetables. Lastly, I am obsessed with any Marvel movie. The Avengers movies are the best movies ever and I am the biggest nerd when it comes to any of the Marvel movies. Not DC movies though because they are not good, at all.

I hope you enjoyed my first blog post, and I will see everyone in class!