I am a junior at Seattle University where I now work as a photo intern for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (SeattlePI.com) and am in my 2nd year on staff for SU’s student newspaper, the Spectator. Last year I interned for Seattle University’s Marketing and Communications. I now freelance on occasion for them. Photojournalism was an unexpected turn in my photo career but has brought me a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. I was even lucky enough to win Digital Photo Pro’s Emerging Pro competition in photojournalism in 2011.

For the last two summers I participated in the Young Photographers Alliance summer program, which brings together groups of college photographers from select cities across U.S. and abroad to create individual projects around an annual theme. The photos are then displayed at Calumet Photo in NYC.

I’m also keeping busy with Co-Art Directing my university’s literary and arts annual, Fragments, and Co-chairing my college’s Student Executive Council. My hope is to do documentary work abroad in the near future and hopefully partner with environmentally focused NGOs in need of media.

You can view my work at http://www.lindseywasson.com or keep up with my latest at http://www.lindseywasson.wordpress.com

After Chrysalis I attended Bellevue Community College where I received an Associate’s Degree in Business. Once transferred to the University of Washington I majored in Economics for my Bachelor’s. After University I practiced as a Commercial Real Estate Agent and Property Manager in Santa Barbara, California. In early 2009 I married my College sweetheart. I later returned to Washington and joined AT&T Mobility in their retail sales force. Currently, I live in Redmond near where I work for AT&T as a Sales Compensation Analyst in our corporate offices.

After Chrysalis, I started work on my bachelor degree in Biochemistry at Central Washington University; finished 2008. I then chose to study as a chemistry doctorate student at the University of Oregon. Currently, I plan on defending my thesis work towards the end of summer 2012. My research is in solid state/materials chemistry; specifically I use physical vapor deposition to create ultra-thin film nano-laminates. The generic goal of our research is to investigate the fundamental chemistry behind correlations between physical properties and nano-strucure. Afterwords, I hope to return to the pacific northwest and work for industry in materials chemistry.

Besides work, My wife Stephanie and I celebrated six years of marriage this year and are expecting a baby girl in late February, her name is Chloe and she is our first child. Stephanie works at a local day care; she has always enjoyed working with children.

The last year of a doctorate degree is typically very time consuming… I’m writing this bio at Argonne National Laboratory (southwest of Chicago) where we are running X-ray diffraction studies with the Advanced Photon Source synchrotron. Some year I hope to find the time for another hunting trip.

My advice to seniors at Chrysalis: be intelligent, you should seek further education but not all degrees are created equal. Have the foresight to see that your education will lead to stable employment.

I had also struggled with some of the same issues in school and as an adolescent I was diagnosed with auditory memory dyslexia. My own mother had searched for ways to help me, tutors and after school programs, special education programs, anything that was available to struggling students, but nothing seemed to help me. I remember feeling that I was somehow less than others, I was angry, and often wanted to just give up, which I tried on several occasions. I fell behind in school, almost a whole year, when in 1992 my mother found Chrysalis. My teacher helped me one on one, he was able to change the curriculum to fit my learning style and explained things to me in a way that I understood. I began to get a handle on the concepts that had eluded me in the past and it felt great! I worked hard and made up the year that I was behind, keeping that momentum I was also able to graduate a year early. After graduating from Chrysalis I was accepted into BYU Hawaii, another amazing feat considering the direction I was headed just a few short years earlier, I have no doubt that Chrysalis changed my life forever.

My son is now going on his second year at Chrysalis, after just one year he is right back where he should be academically, his self esteem has skyrocketed and he is happy, he is actually enjoying school for a change, and is definitely “sick” a lot less. - 1994 Chrysalis School Graduate and Parent

I am working on my second year at Boise State. Coming up to the end of the first semester. I’ve been a pretty busy girl since I moved to Idaho. I currently work at a Day Spa as a personal assistant and I’m an intern at a local Elementary school. If I’m not in class, working, or taking care of my boxer pup Zoey, you can find me in my apartment catching up on my favorite past time..MOVIES! Starting this summer I’ll also be starting a new school. I will be getting certified to be an esthetician as well as having my degree in Education. After getting certified, I will probably end up in a bigger city; Seattle, New York, San Francisco WHO KNOWS!

After Chrysalis I went to Western Washington University and later transferred over to the University of Texas, where I found my love of sports and lost my inner nerd. I spent as much time as possible learning languages and studying abroad, spending two summers in the Faroe Islands.

I’m currently a graduate student at the University of New Brunswick, getting a masters in Igneous Petrology while my fiancée works on a forestry degree.

I’ll likely be stuck at university for quite a while, as at this point I’m aiming for a PhD. In the meantime, I’m active in several student organizations as well as playing corner on the UNB Red Bombers football team.

In our house we encourage our children to go further than just asking ‘why?’…..we encourage them to ask “why NOT?” and then help them pursue their dreams and passions at the same time as working on their academia. We believe that a World view fosters empathy, understanding and a belief that they can create change in the world.

While dreams and passions fuel the fire, academics give the knowledge and understanding of how to make change happen. At Chrysalis Mike has been honored in his passion while being given a very rigorous academic schedule to encourage and feed his need for knowledge.
Mike was recently in the feature film World’s Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams. The staff at Chrysalis have allowed him time to go on auditions and work on set during filming of various projects. He most recently performed at the Village Theaters Fund Raising Luncheon for the Kidstage programs – a gig he willingly volunteers for every year.

He also loves traveling. He has been to Machu Picchu and Patagonia. He recently traveled to Spain for a home stay Spanish immersion program the month of June and will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with his Dad in late January of 2010. Again, without being enrolled in Chrysalis, these life-altering trips would not be possible.

As parents, we would not settle for anything less in a school than one that applies the same philosophy we do here at home. These children are the future of our world. We need to honor them, believe in them and hold them up to as high a standard as is possible. They will truly rise if they are allowed the freedom to believe in themselves (i.e. follow their dreams or passions) and if they are given the tools with which to continue learning throughout their lives (i.e. challenging course studies and supportive teachers)” -Jacquie Moore

I am currently in my final year of undergraduate classes at Villanova University, near Philadelphia, PA. I have participated in multiple research projects with different professors (including trips to national observatories for data collection). Ideally I will continue on to graduate school after graduation this year, and will eventually get a Ph.D in an astrophysics sub-topic.

After high school, I moved to Nashville TN to attend Belmont University’s Top 25 Business school. My major will prepare me for a career in the entertainment industry, specifically the music industry.

Last school year I interned with AEG Live, the 2nd largest concert promotion company in the world behind LiveNation. There I helped to promote concerts and tours for artists like Sugarland, Usher, 30 Seconds to Mars, Interpol, One Republic, Dashboard Confessional,and many others.

After finishing with AEG in May of 2011, I moved to Rockhouse Partners, a digital marketing firm in the entertainment industry.
While at Rockhouse this summer, I served as ticket director for the Next BIG Nashville: SoundLand festival (www.nbnsoundland.com), which featured artists like Yelawolf, Foster the People, Cults, BIG K.R.I.T, Ghostland Observatory and over 100 others. My responsibilities included running and managing all online and physical ticket sales as well as compiling daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

On the side I still play music, mostly bass guitar now. I don’t have a steady band, but people call me from time to time to lay down tracks in the studio or fill in for a live gig here and there. Work and school keep me busy, but I still find time to let my hair down.