We were proud to recently unveil the 2018 Tallo Top 100 students.
Hailing from all across the nation, the students of the Top 100 represent a wide variety of talent, skills, and backgrounds. We wanted to get to know these students better and showcase the personalities behind the Tallo platform!
We caught up with Top 100 student Tyler Blake for our most recent spotlight. This week, it’s all about Laura Mulrooney from Raleigh, North Carolina!
Laura is an enthusiast of the great outdoors who loves to get her hands dirty while exploring the world around her. She is a volunteer with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences where she has spent the past five years conducting research and presenting her findings.
She also enjoys the fine arts, spending her free time in choral performance, playing the piano, and practicing several styles of dance.
She has committed to attend the University of Florida where she intends to major in Geology and Earth Science.
Read more about Laura below in her own words.
Laura Mulrooney
Senior
Millbrook High School
Raleigh, NC
For fun, I like to…hang out and watch HGTV with my younger brother.
Something you wouldn’t know about me is…I have fought Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD) in my right leg for years. But I have beat it and am able to walk again despite a time when I was told it was unlikely I would be able to.
If I could meet anyone in the world, past or present, I would want to meet…Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt -they seem like such interesting people who managed to have such a humongous impact on the world and life I know today.
The best teacher I’ve ever had is…was my 6th grade English teacher- I still use his tricks and techniques today, even in AP English!
The last app I downloaded on my phone was…the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s, ‘Seafood Watch’ app. If that doesn’t describe me, I don’t know what would lol.
After high school, my next step is…to go to college in order to learn and explore the different pathways within geology, in order to best determine what I would like to devote my time and research to.
In ten years, I see myself...having built a strong career, that is ready to grow with a good circle of friends and family by my side.
My greatest dream is…to work at the Smithsonian museum as a paleontologist. Wouldn’t that be the life!
The thing I like about Tallo most is…that it allows me to keep all of my accomplishments in one place for whenever I need to pull them out for an application. It also helps me to hold myself accountable and keep everything I do up to my personal standards, all the while allowing me to see the future I am working towards. It’s my constant reminder of why I do what I do!
We hope for the best for you Laura, and we’re proud to have you be a Tallo user and part of the 2018 Tallo Top 100!
