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Azure Wolfe

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Hobbies & Interests

  • Advocacy And Activism
  • Learning
  • Research
  • Politics and Political Science
  • Anthropology
  • Spanish
  • Environmental Science and Sustainability
  • Global Health
  • Health Sciences
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Agriculture
  • Culinary Arts
  • Baking
  • Reading
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
  • Hiking And Backpacking
  • Camping
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Art
  • Fishing
  • Volunteering
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Law
  • Education
  • Science
  • Communications
  • Student Council or Student Government
  • Community Service And Volunteering
  • Sustainability
  • Board Games and Puzzles

Reading

  • Academic
  • Adventure
  • Adult Fiction
  • Anthropology
  • Book Club
  • Classics
  • Action
  • Cookbooks
  • Business
  • Contemporary
  • Cultural
  • Drama
  • Education
  • Economics
  • Environment
  • Fantasy
  • Folk Tales
  • Folklore
  • Gardening
  • Health
  • Historical
  • Young Adult
  • Spirituality
  • Self-Help
  • Psychology
  • Social Issues
  • Sociology
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Retellings

I read books daily.

Bio

My name is Azure, and I identify with the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ community. People would describe me as having a thirst for knowledge and a go-getter. Before enrolling at Arizona State University, I was a firefighter cadet at Milwaukee Area Technical College, became a certified Emergency Medical Technician, and graduated with an A.A.S in Culinary Arts. Besides pursuing my Global Health B.A., Sustainability B.S., and Innovation in Society B.S., I am actively enrolled in Ovation & FUEL MKE's non-profit leadership program, Arizona State University's Global Leadership Academy, BlPOC Beloved Conversations through the Unitarian Universalist Association, and Toastmasters of Centerville, GA. My goals in life, in no specific order, include: - Becoming the first individual in my family to graduate with a Bachelor's degree. - Becoming the first individual in my family to earn a Master's degree. - Becoming the first individual in my family to earn my Doctorate's degree. - Being an academic and STEM role model to all BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ youth. - Working in government or non-profit. - Actively promote disciplines within health, environmental, and sustainable sciences to youth. - Become involved in urban agricultural initiatives around the U.S and internationally. - Run a non-profit organization or become a professor later in life.

Education

Arizona State University Online

Bachelor's degree program

2021 – 2025

Majors:
  • Public Health
  • Sustainability Studies
Minors:
  • Political Science and Government
  • Anthropology
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Associate's degree program

2009 – 2011

Majors:
  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
University of California-Berkeley, Arizona State University-Tempe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University, George Washington University

Career

  • Computer Program Trainer

    Higher Education · Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

  • Junior Secretary

    Higher Education · Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

  • Culinary Arts & Mathematics Tutor

    Higher Education · Milwaukee Area Technical College

    Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

  • Business Owner

    Home Services · The Brew City Homemaker LLC

    Jan 2016 – Jan 2021

  • Evening Kitchen Manager

    Food & Beverage · O'Lydia's Bar & Grill

    Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

  • Election Worker - Receiver

    Local and State Election · City of Milwaukee

    Jan 2020 – Present

  • Line Cook

    Food & Beverage · The Iron Horse Hotel

    Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

  • Line & Pastry Cook

    Food & Beverage · c.1880

    Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Renewables & Environment
Dream career goals:
Non-profit Leader
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Politics
  • Volunteering
  • Philanthropy
  • Entrepreneurship
Bubba Wallace Live to Be Different Scholarship
Throughout my life, I have encountered and overcame much adversity. From surviving physical, mental, sexual, and emotional abuse growing up to dealing with macro and microaggressions towards my various identities as an adult, it has been a tough road to traverse thus far. The most recent adversity I overcame surprisingly stemmed from running my business, The Brew City Homemaker, LLC. Though I received my A.A.S. in Culinary Arts and was nearly ten years deep into my career, I found myself dreading the food and beverage industry. Not only was I struggling with my mental health, but racism, prejudices, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia bombarded my very existence in numerous professional kitchens. It was honestly an over-fought and exhausting ordeal to experience daily. Individuals in upper management positions would often ignore the pleas to resolve the hostile work environment; the weight of their neglect left me feeling exploited and worthless. In October 2015, I decided that I had enough of the abuse and dropped the industry altogether to pursue a residential and commercial cleaning business. Being an Afro-Latinx, transgender, and queer individual in the cleaning industry also came with many challenges. Anti-LGBTQIA+ and racist sentiments, unfortunately, remained common amongst clients. What made it worse was the fact that I was financially struggling. Uncertain about how I would pay the bills if I dropped my biggest offenders, escaping my predicament felt impossible. Do I go back to the restaurant industry only to experience the same issue, or do I stick it out and deal with it? Surviving eventually came at the expense of identity erasure and my dignity, a form of humiliation that I do not even wish upon my worst enemy. In 2020, after improving my mental health and becoming empowered by the Black Lives Matter movement, I found myself ready to let go of my business of five years. Though I still felt uncertain about my financial situation, I took a leap of faith in November 2020 by enrolling at Arizona State University. A month afterward, in December 2020, I entirely disbanded my business to pursue school full time. I now continue to strengthen my conviction of expanding upon my education by improving my leadership, communication, and networking abilities for the sake of aiding and liberating marginalized communities. My ultimate goal is to become a champion, role model, and supporter of those who have faced similar struggles and adversity due to their identities as I have.
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