Molten glass became my burning passion. I was a stay at home mom for 4 years before a friend of mine coerced me into taking glassblowing with her at Shasta College. With hardly any experience in molten glass, I truly had no idea what I was getting myself into. What started out as a fun experiment quickly morphed into an obsessive passion. I wasn’t a very good student in high school, so I didn’t have high expectations for college. But finding my calling within glass inspired me to take more classes and gave me the drive to do well in all of my subjects. My enthusiasm and excitement for creating and learning has impacted my interest and success in all of my other classes—making me a Dean’s List student and the first Glassblower to win the EOPS 2017 Student of the Year Award. I now have a plan for the first time in my life! I will transfer to Chico State in the fall where I will continue to work toward my master’s degree so that I can one day teach others to find their passion. I am a Glass Artist now, and I have the amazing people at Shasta College to thank for helping me realize that about myself.
Kayla
Shasta College Knight