Allow me to introduce...

Since this is the beginning, allow me to introduce myself and who I am. I am Astred Aviella Anistasia Marie Tara Sarasvati Griffin. Currently attending Indian Hills Community College, I am in their Culinary Arts program. Being a vegetarian and firm slow foods follower, skepticism constantly knocks on my door. But with the skeptics comes the opportunity for growth and change. My original plan involved music school to study blues & jazz (I'm a singer..). Reviewing all of my nonsensical plans for the future, my sister intervened and applied me to Indian Hills for their Culinary Arts program. Hesitantly, I dragged myself to class the first day. Did I really want to become a chef? Isn't that just a hobby or passion, not a sound career choice for me? Yet, day after day, I would wake up at 5 a.m. and drive the 35 minutes to campus in order to start the new day ahead of me. The more I went, the more I involved myself. The more I learned, the more passion grew inside of me for what I was doing. I have to run back to class now; I am a sixth term culinary student at Indian Hills, taking a short break from my classes to start this blog in hopes it will inspire the need to fulfill passions amongst everyone around me and the need to change for the better.