\u00a0 \u00a0Part of a family that includes eight children, Cassidy recently had the opportunity to travel the globe and experience different cultures. From her travels, she has gained a unique perspective on life that is worth sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n Why she\u2019s interesting\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0In Oct. 2017, Bartlett left for the Brazilian city of Cornelio Procopio as a foreign exchange student. Here, she tried several local foods, attended classes at a local school, and witnessed the immense poverty in Brazil firsthand. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0She also experienced one of her happiest memories during her time in the exchange program: reaching the peak of Pico Do Agudo, a mountain in the small town of Sapopema. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThat was amazing because nobody thought I could do it, and one of the guides had to stay with me, but I ended up hiking eight miles up a mountain, which included climbing rocks and crossing streams and going into these caverns,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0She continued:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt was fantastic to finally just get to the top of the mountain and be able to see out over the entire valley.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0In terms of her proudest aspect, Bartlett chose her bilingualism; she can fluently read, write and converse in both English and Portuguese.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t leave there until I was seventeen and when I did, I crossed the entire globe,\u201d Bartlett said, talking about her hometown of Germantown, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Before going to Brazil, she was enrolled at Valley View High School, and though she was a good student, Bartlett doesn\u2019t think much of her time there.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cMy high school experience was completely unremarkable,\u201d she mentioned. Coming from a small town where the graduating class is filled by two hundred people on a good day played a factor in her evaluation. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Bartlett\u2019s hobbies include writing poetry, reading, volunteering and attending her local youth group. Talking about an influential person in her life and what she\u2019d learned from them, she mentioned that the leader of that youth group had educated her an important quality in life that she has always struggled with: patience.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cShe taught me that it\u2019s good to be able to, like, take a step back and think about what\u2019s going on, and then proceed, rather than just making snap decisions, and think right off the bat,\u201d Bartlett said. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0Bartlett hopes to someday use these skills by becoming the ambassador to Brazil. She herself admits this is a lofty goal, though she has her reasons for her aspirations. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWhen I went overseas, I got to see that people were very, very similar to each other and that the only barrier was the difference in language,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd yet, living in the United States, specifically in a time where Donald Trump is the president and there\u2019s such a divide between people of color and foreign immigrants, whether it\u2019s legal or illegal, I thought \u2018you know, there must be a reason that people feel this way.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0When asked about what her future holds, however, she was less certain. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t know, and it\u2019s kind of exciting,\u201d she explained. \u201cI know that I want to be in a job where I\u2019m passionate and I want to travel the world. Past that, I don\u2019t know what it holds or really how it\u2019s gonna happen, but I\u2019m along for the ride.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Maxwell Patton<\/strong> Meet\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0Cassidy Bartlett is a Business and Administration major at Sinclair Community College hoping to transfer to a four-year college for International Relations. \u00a0 \u00a0Part of a family that includes eight children, Cassidy recently had the opportunity to travel the globe and experience different cultures. 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