Getting to Know Me 

Ashley Chang

I love soccer, over the years I've drifted from it because I've focused on other aspects of my life but growing up in a Hispanic household, soccer is something you learn from the moment you start to run as a baby.

  

Now-a-days I only kick the ball around and make a couple passes, my brother on the other hand is on a soccer team for his high school back home. Some days we sit with my dad to watch soccer games whenever we can as a family because soccer is a sport that brings us all together.

I have lots of passions, I believe that overall I'm a very well rounded person and I have interest in almost everything. However, if I had to pick my top favorite passion then it would have to be cooking. I attended the school of Culinary Arts Hospitality and Tourism academy at Eastside High school in Paterson, NJ and my interest in cooking increased. I was Sous Chef for 2 years, following up by becoming the only Executive Sous Chef (highest position there is) of the year my senior year of high school. We competed in the National Prostart Invitational competition which is a culinary competition between high school students in New Jersey. Even though it was our first year at the competition we managed to get 4th place which definitely was a win for us. 

Now I experiment at home whenever I'm not feeling lazy and I also love to bake, that's where I started. So I can honestly say, cooking is my passion.  

Since my name is Ashley my closest friends sometimes call me Ash but I don't consider that a nickname since all Ashleys can be called Ash. My writing style is like me, I go with the flow of things and that's how I consider my writing to be also. Depending on the subject I use an outline but I always end up changing my mind about what to write anyways so most times I let my mind wander. In high school I didn't write many essays but I did get multiple chances to revise my essays. I also did learn grammar rules, I was in an Upward Bound program at Ramapo College during my summers and I also took a writing class there which helped a lot. If I had to grade myself on my writing now I would have to give myself a B because I know there's room for me to become a better writer. By the end of the semester my goal is to learn how to expand my writing skills to a college level writer.

My music interest is very broad, I listen to pretty much everything from spanish pop, to country, to r&b and rap. 
I do not use Facebook , I don't like it, however, I do use Twitter, Snap Chat and Instagram. Ask me for my @ name!