My name is Julia Jacobo and I'm a senior. I'll be walking this April and graduating in August after spending the summer in Seville, Spain for study abroad. I was born in Redwood City, California, moved to Miami when I was 5 and later moved to Jacksonville at 11. I decided that the University of Florida was my first-choice school when I was 14 because it's the best in the state and close to home. I love reading, traveling, hosting parties, cooking for friends and playing music. I started playing the piano when I was 5 and started singing at 9. I miss taking formal classes and performing. Something interesting about me is that I've traveled more than anyone my age I know. I'm an expert packer, can adapt to new time zones almost immediately and have an uncanny ability to spot my plain, black suitcase in the baggage claim. After my parents divorced, I spent every summer and every other Christmas with my dad in San Francisco. My parents, both born in the Philippines, encouraged traveling when I was growing up. I'm not the first one in my family to go to college. My mom is a nurse and my dad has an engineering degree.
I would rate my grammar skills and my knowledge of AP style and punctuation in between a seven and eight. I read a lot as a child, so I have a solid understanding. My trouble spot would be proof reading. I have a tendency to want to turn in my work as soon as the last sentence is written, and when I do proof read, I tend to merely skim the work instead of checking it thoroughly. As far as my skills to InDesign, Photoshop and other online media, I would rate it a seven as well. I don't have as much experience with the programs as I would like, but I'm a fast learner and very good with technology. I feel that I am most proficient at blogging. I started a Xanga account when I was 14, long before I even knew I wanted to be a writer. I also created Xanga accounts for all of my friends, personalizing each of their layouts using basic HTML codes. Out of everyone though, I was the one who posted every day and actually kept up with it. Looking back and reading the entries, there is actually a lot of insight in my writing at 14.
I get most of my news from the top headlines in Google News and from Fox News as background noise when I'm working out, doing my homework or not watching E! News. Right now I'm reading Zoo Story by Tom French. In the past three months, I've read Unanswered Cries by Tom French, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Somebody Told Me by Rick Bragg for the second time. I'm also an avid magazine reader. I have subscriptions to Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated, Self, Women's Health and Entertainment Weekly. My ultimate dream job would be a travel writer. I want to write about remote places, culture and scenery. I want to understand the world and write about human emotion. I want to see places and civilizations that not many people get to see. I also would like to write for a women's interest magazine or a self-help magazine.
My favorite Web sites are both blogs. One is a profane blog written by a girl who's career I'd like to mimic. The second is a blog by a beauty-product nut, like myself, who finds the best current deals and offers. She posts and updates regularly.
The summer after my sophomore year, I started to intern at First Coast News in Jacksonville. I hated it and ended up quitting after a month because they didn't challenge me or give me assignments. I was bored and unmotivated. I'm looking to find an internship this semester before I leave for Spain. I started applying before Christmas break, but I haven't found one that fits my schedule just yet. I last updated my resume in December.
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