I want to use this first blog post as an opportunity to introduce myself, share some of my interests, and describe my journey in Computer Science so far. 

My name is Virginia (Ginny) Williams and I am going into my final year at Oregon State University.  I grew up and lived in the same area of Oregon my entire life until this year when I moved across the country to Virginia with my husband (fun fact: our one year anniversary is this Sunday!).  I like to crochet, cook, watch movies, read, and run.  Also, we have two of the cutest cats in the world: Weaver and Gravy. 

Growing up and throughout high school I had no experience with Computer Science or really any interest in it at all.  I started my college journey with my major in Mathematics at Western Oregon University, but wasn’t really sure what I was going to do with it.  I thought about continuing into higher level education, but honestly I was never really passionate about it and didn’t really know what I was going to do.

During my sophomore year I took a random intro to Python class at WOU purely out of curiosity.  Taking that course sparked an interest in Computer Science that caused me to do some more digging into the topic.  After reading into the subject and seeing how intriguing and extensive it is, I decided software development was something I would actually look forward to doing in my life and was something I really wanted to pursue.  So, I decided to not only switch my major to Computer Science, but also to transfer to OSU for its better EECS program.  

Studying at OSU has been a great experience so far.  While I’ve had my struggles, I’ve learned so much more than I ever would have thought. I’m excited to finally be in my final year and so close to using my new skills out into the “real world”.  I am mainly interested in both front and back end web development, but all software development interests me so I’m excited to see what the future holds.