Scarlett Reeves
Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela
Hi! First off, my first name is actually Frances, but that's my mom's name, so I go by my middle name, Scarlett. I was born in a small town (Villavicencio) in the plains of Colombia. I come from a culturally diverse background: my father was born and raised in Colombia and my mother was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised in New York City. I moved when I was four to Miami Lakes, Florida and subsequently moved to Montgomery, Alabama; Salt Lake City, Utah; Hiram, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; West Palm Beach, Florida; and finally back to Salt Lake City.
I graduated from Brighton High School in 1999. I moved to attend Hiram College, a very small, liberal arts school in the middle-of-nowhere, Ohio. I majored in Biomedical Humanities (the only one of its kind in the country) and minored in Biology. After having gone to Paris for three months to dance ballet when I was 14, I was bitten by the travel bug. I enrolled in a month-long study abroad program called Natural History of the Himalaya. It was definitely a life-changing experience because I had the fortune of seeing extreme poverty, wealth, advanced technology, and ancient ways of life that taught me so much.
After graduating from Hiram in 2003, I attended one year of law school but, thankfully, decided that it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. I moved back to Florida to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and sort of landed a career in museum education. Two years and several trips to Europe later, I moved back up to Salt Lake City to continue my education. I am currently working on my PhD at the University of Utah, after recently receiving a masters of science of public health with a concentration on reproductive and perinatal epidemiology.
I first saw Higher Ground Learning while driving around my apartment. I have tutored before in the past and thought that I should keep on tutoring, since I enjoyed it so much before. I was surprised at the atmosphere and had never experienced a center that embraced not only education, but creativity as well. I've been at Higher Ground since February of '07 and have truly enjoyed working with the wonderfully supportive staff and making connections and friendships with the students I work with. I am an avid book-reader, I love traveling, and I love dancing, especially ballet, although I have been taking up yoga and have found it to be wonderfully rewarding.
- Nelson Mandela
Hi! First off, my first name is actually Frances, but that's my mom's name, so I go by my middle name, Scarlett. I was born in a small town (Villavicencio) in the plains of Colombia. I come from a culturally diverse background: my father was born and raised in Colombia and my mother was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised in New York City. I moved when I was four to Miami Lakes, Florida and subsequently moved to Montgomery, Alabama; Salt Lake City, Utah; Hiram, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; West Palm Beach, Florida; and finally back to Salt Lake City.
I graduated from Brighton High School in 1999. I moved to attend Hiram College, a very small, liberal arts school in the middle-of-nowhere, Ohio. I majored in Biomedical Humanities (the only one of its kind in the country) and minored in Biology. After having gone to Paris for three months to dance ballet when I was 14, I was bitten by the travel bug. I enrolled in a month-long study abroad program called Natural History of the Himalaya. It was definitely a life-changing experience because I had the fortune of seeing extreme poverty, wealth, advanced technology, and ancient ways of life that taught me so much.
After graduating from Hiram in 2003, I attended one year of law school but, thankfully, decided that it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. I moved back to Florida to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and sort of landed a career in museum education. Two years and several trips to Europe later, I moved back up to Salt Lake City to continue my education. I am currently working on my PhD at the University of Utah, after recently receiving a masters of science of public health with a concentration on reproductive and perinatal epidemiology.
I first saw Higher Ground Learning while driving around my apartment. I have tutored before in the past and thought that I should keep on tutoring, since I enjoyed it so much before. I was surprised at the atmosphere and had never experienced a center that embraced not only education, but creativity as well. I've been at Higher Ground since February of '07 and have truly enjoyed working with the wonderfully supportive staff and making connections and friendships with the students I work with. I am an avid book-reader, I love traveling, and I love dancing, especially ballet, although I have been taking up yoga and have found it to be wonderfully rewarding.
