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Sadie Hughes

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Hobbies & Interests

  • Exercise Science
  • Exercise And Fitness
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Athletic Training
  • Basketball
  • Board Games And Puzzles
  • Child Development
  • Comedy
  • Biking And Cycling
  • Cleaning
  • Crossfit
  • Communications
  • Gymnastics
  • Education
  • Law

Reading

  • Academic
  • Adventure
  • Childrens
  • Fantasy
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Chick Lit
  • Family
  • Law
  • Self-Help
  • Women's Fiction
  • True Story

I read books multiple times a month.

Bio

Being BOLD means creating opportunity where others see impossibility. Being BOLD means combing grit and grace fueled by hunger. Being BOLD means living with integrity even when it's hard to stand tall. Being BOLD means living in color. Being BOLD means empowering other people to see the BOLDEST version of themselves. A BOLD life is the life I choose. I am a former broadcast journalist whose passion for public service and empowering communities guide me in law school. I live passionately, relentlessly pursuing the good life—a life of integrity, purpose and joy. I set an example of courageous determination for my three children: each of whom I love fiercely. I will be the first in my family to receive a JD, and I hope by blazing a new trail my children will choose to live fearlessly in their own endeavors. As a future attorney, I am invested in serving others, and propelling them toward justice and the life they deserve. The largest obstacle I face in law school is navigating the financial burden. I delayed law school twice due to the high cost of child care combined with tuition. Eventually, I elected to take a part-time schedule my first semester to mitigate costs. Yet, my childcare costs still total thousands of dollars each month. While the pressure to succeed is high, my determination is greater. I am wired to take the shots I am given—that often means rising at 3:00a.m., or earlier, to realize my dreams. Yet, I awake invigorated by my life and the possibilities ahead. I choose the BOLD life.

Education

University of Denver

Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

2025 – 2028

Majors:
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Law

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor's degree program

2002 – 2005

Majors:
  • Journalism

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor's degree program

2002 – 2005

Majors:
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other

Pomona Junior/senior High School

High School

1998 – 2000

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, University of Denver, Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yale University, Duke University
Majors of interest:
Law
Desired degree modality:
In-Person
Medical school interest:
No

Career

  • Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Coach

    Health, Wellness, and Fitness · Trvfit Fitness

    Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

  • Marketing/Customer Service

    Retail · Costco Wholesale

    Jan 2000 – Jan 2008

  • Host

    Broadcast Media · Lockheed , Space Class

    Jan 2007 – Jan 2009

  • Anchor/Reporter

    Broadcast Media · KCSG TV

    Jan 2007 – Jan 2008

  • Newscast Producer/Website Editor/Reporter

    Broadcast Media · Newsradio 850 KOA

    Jan 2006 – Jan 2008

  • Newscast Producer/Website Editor/Reporter

    Broadcast Media · KCNC

    Jan 2008 – Jan 2011

  • Weekend Anchor/Reporter, Primary Evening Anchor Fill-In

    Broadcast Media · KGAN/KFXA

    Jan 2011 – Jan 2014

  • Main Evening Anchor/Reporter

    Broadcast Media · WEYI/WSMH/WBSF

    Jan 2014 – Jan 2017

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Law Practice
Dream career goals:
Business/Corporate Law or Plaintiff Side Personal Injury Law or Plaintiff Side Employment Law, and eventually I would like to serve as a judge.
Work experience:
10+ years
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Volunteering
  • Philanthropy
  • Entrepreneurship
Sharra Rainbolt Memorial Scholarship
Winner
Equipped with a trimer and a work ethic engrained since birth, I relish the moment. This piece of ground is my parent’s 2-acre property, but to me, it is where I reunite with my father. I will spend the next several hours assisting my mother in the upkeep of what was once my parent’s dream. At every turn, I relive the joy of my childhood. I picture my father, small in stature but mighty in heart, riding Appaloosas side by side with me, a cowboy hat atop his head. Dad made me jump right back on our stubborn Welsh pony, Thunder, the first time he bucked me off. In the field where this rite of passage took place, I feel my dad with me. It is here that we walk hand in hand, side by side again. For a moment life exists separated from my most painful memory—the day cancer stole my father from me nearly 12 years ago. Those eight weeks beginning in the summer of 2013 left a wound that never heals. Dad’s stomach cancer was stage four by the time doctors caught it. Although I prayed for a miracle, one never came. He was not just any father, he was the dad that set the standard. He was a dad my friends loved and adored because he was often the father they never had. Through his life he taught kindness, forgiveness, perseverance and the power of limitless love. It is in the quiet moments on my parent’s property that I reflect upon not only how much my family has lost but also how much we were given during the time shared with my father. In his barn hangs the cowboy themed six-foot tall billboard from one of my first on-air broadcasting jobs. He was so proud. Broadcasting took me states away from my father in his final years. While dad wanted me to pursue my dreams, experience is a valuable teacher. I know now that the core of those dreams is harnessed close to my parent’s land. In the years that followed my father’s death, my husband and I suffered the unimaginable fate of cancer’s thievery several more times. First, we said goodbye to an aunt taken by pancreatic cancer and then an uncle who lost his battle to bladder cancer. We lost my mother-in-law within a month of diagnosis to ovarian cancer in 2017. And when we finally moved home to Colorado to be close to family and to put down roots, within a week, my husband’s father received his brain cancer diagnosis. We said goodbye to my father-in-law much like my father and mother-in-law before him, within a few short weeks. In the law school application process, several schools honored me with impactful scholarship offers. However, each of them will take my husband, my children and myself away from family. Thinking of my children living away from my mother, their last remaining grandparent, hurts my soul. Yet, the cost to attend law school at Denver University is substantial. That cost in addition to the cost of childcare while I am in school will lead to considerable debt. It is my only in-state option, and I yearn to make attending possible. Cancer’s lessons remind me of where I belong. I belong near my mother where I can pick up a trimmer and walk for a few hours with my father once again. At 73, despite the upkeep, my mother refuses to leave the one place where I know she feels dad too. Together, we will not let cancer steal what remains—memories etched in my parent’s dirt.
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