Elyse+Cammarano

= = //Hello, my name is **Elyse Cammarano**. I'm from Lancaster, New York, which as a small town near Buffalo. I am majoring in criminal justice at Medaille College, and there is a lot more to me than what meets the eye. Something most people don’t know about me is that I’m a fraternal twin, and I’m a gymnast. I was born on March 14th in Sister’s Hospital two minutes before my brother Nathan. We are complete opposites, but without him I wouldn’t be whole.//  //  I have been doing gymnastics since I was three years old. I attended Stumpf’s Gymnastics, Gymnastics Sports Academy, and was part of Lancaster High School’s Varsity Gymnastics team. I love working together on a team, just as much as I like to compete. Gymnastics taught me a lot of responsibilities, and things that I use in everyday life. Two of my main goals in life are to be happy, and to help people. If I achieve that I’m golden. Currently I am working at Tim Hortons and the Lancaster Small Animal Hospital as a veterinary assistant. I love animals, and I think it’s really exciting to find out what’s wrong with them and help them get better. I wanted to be a veterinarian ever since I was a young girl. Last spring I did an internship there, resulting in my assisting job. After working there, I decided to take a different route. I don’t want to be a veterinarian anymore, because I simply love animals too much. Some things are hard to watch, and it’s painful to see some of them suffer. My next choice was criminal justice. I aspire to be in the FBI someday. I have always found criminal investigations interesting, and I want to be the one to find and catch the “bad guy”. Working at the Animal Hospital, I've been introduced to members of the NFTA, because they always bring their dogs to us for routine physicals. I think it would be really fun to do an internship with members of the K-9 Unit, and see how that part of law enforcement works. We all have to start out somewhere, and right now I think working with the drug and bomb dogs would be really interesting and rewarding. All in all I am a pretty outgoing person. I like to get creative, do things hands on, and I rarely ever pass up the opportunity to do something new. (Unless it includes trying some new type of seafood, then count me out.) I’ve gone parasailing, scuba diving, flying in a helicopter, rock climbing, and I’ve jumped off of two different bridges. I guess you could say I like to live on the edge. I’m not the typical girly girl. I like to play sports, go fishing, hiking, camping, bike riding, snowmobiling, and horseback riding. I’m not a fan of the dull, boring, everyday routine. I like to spice things up, and be spontaneous. Food is always a good motivator for me too. Besides the seafood thing I mentioned above, I’m not picky when it comes to food. My favorite thing to eat is ice cream. I think I might be addicted. //  // I have a large, tight family, and a close group of friends that have been together for years, and I enjoy spending time with all of them. My parents got divorced when I was six, then remarried, and my family has continued to grow ever since. One of the most important aspects of my life is my little sister, Sarah. She is absolutely amazing. There’s not a moment that goes by that she doesn’t look up to me, and I love every minute of it. I also like to travel. My best friend moved to South Carolina a few years ago, and we visit each other often. I don’t know what I would do without my family and friends. // [|facebook]