Who am I Personally?

Who am I personally? To start with my name is Carolyn Hafernik. I was born and raised in San Francisco. My parents are both from small towns in Texas, so I have also spent quite a bit of time there visiting relatives. For undergraduate I came out to the east coast and went to Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, more about this in a later post. This meant I had to get used to the fact that there are actually four seasons there and here as opposed to San Francisco where the weather is much the same all year round and rarely gets very hot or very cold.  In fall 2007 I moved to State College to come to IST, thankfully going to Mount Holyoke prepared me for the winter but I still miss the weather in San Francisco especially when I have to go outside in cold weather.

What do I like to do in my free time? Since I was little I have enjoyed reading. I particularly like reading fantasy novels, science fiction novels and history books. As I have gotten older this interest has spread out to also include reading about Information Technology. These four subjects are the ones I generally read. However, I have been known to read about many other topics. In general I will read about anything the interests me. In addition, to reading I also enjoy listening to opera. My mother is an opera fan and introduced me to opera at a young age taking with me her to the opera in San Francisco.  Opera has remained something I enjoy so that often as I am reading, doing homework or research I can be found listening to opera.