My name is Ashley Daffron. I'm from right outside of Chicago. I am a senior in the Human Deventures of Natural Resources Department. So I chose HDR because I'm a people person. I really like working with people, but I'm also really passionate about the outdoors. My main goal in life at some point is to work in a national park. The National Association for Interpretation offers a Certified Interpretive Guide. Of course, after you take the course, you're certified in a Certificate Guide and what that means is that you are the person who takes people out and gives them educational talks, guided hikes, that kind of thing. So it works for Colorado Parks and Wildlife this summer on its steamboat Lake State Park. I'm as the Naturalist Interpreter. One of the main qualifications to get this role was being the Certified Interpretive Guide. I was basically the main interpreter. I was in charge of all the programs that happened over the summer. I got to develop, plan, everything. I had our whole closet full of different materials that I got to use. It was pretty much my show. I ran the show. I got to do what I wanted. I think Jennifer Solomon, Professor on HGNR in her class for Environment's Communication. She had Kathy Evans who works with the National Association for Interpretation. I told us about her organization. I told us about the guide class and kind of just introduced us a little bit to what her organization does. And then I went in to talk to Jen. She said, you have to do this. You have to become the Certified Interpreter Guide. So she's just like a really great professor. She's a really great resource. I definitely say one of her classes that I had was one of the first classes I had in the major. And that sounds like this is the place I'm still supposed to be. So this major and kind of that job that I had over the summer is kind of like a nice blend of being out walking outside. I got to hike for a living for a whole summer, which is pretty awesome. So I definitely said that's a bonus. My family national parks every summer we did a national park tour. First time seeing mountains, I remember I was 10. I was to me out to the big horn mountains and we drove through Wyoming and it was the coolest experience ever. And I just thank my parents every day for kind of introducing me to that whole realm. And I just think that we have so many beautiful landscapes here that we just have to protect.