Ellissa+Cherven

Ellissa Cherven is seventeen. She has brown curly hair. She celebrates Whale Wednesday, British Thursday, and Fancy/Ugly Sweater Fridays. She has one cat named Rupert. She likes listening to Regina Spektor. She plays the piano. Church is very important to her. She likes watching Gone With the Wind. She likes garage sales. She has brown eyes. Someday she wants to own an old truck. Goodwill is her favorite store. She likes running. She wants to be a nurse someday. She has lived in the same house in Mt. Pleasant her entire life. She went to a private school until ninth grade. She used to play the clarinet. Little House on the Prarie is her favorite tv show. She goes roller blading with her friends. :) Dark chocolate is her favorite. She likes to get Oreo Cheesecake Artic Swirls at Doozies. She has friends in the MPHS Marching Band. Her friend Senta lives in Germany. She likes wearing dresses. She is afraid of spiders and that her cat is going to jump out of nowhere and attack her. Orange and purple are her favorite colors.



**Where I'm From** I’m from Mt. Pleasant; I’ve lived here all my life. I’m from Sunday School songs and stories, People who teach me to love like Jesus. I’m from dress codes and small classes, Squeaky swing sets, bobbing teeter-totters, and squirming worms. I’m from the open arms of my mom and dad, “Just do your best” always at my ear. I’m from warm milk after a bad dream and smiles in the morning. I’m from Little House on the Prairie with Grandma Koutz. I’m from Goodwill shopping sprees and bargain hunting, British accents, sundresses, and ugly sweaters. I’m from seeing beauty in the nature around me and capturing it with my Canon. I’m from starlit skies, lightning bugs, and campfires that warm my face. I’m from beauty and wonder and open horizons Not quitting until I’ve done my best. I’m from pictures of world hunger and poverty, The poor and the sick. I’m from yearning to do something about it. I’m from love, and it makes me who I am.