Hello there, Usually the first thing people know about me is my family.

Being one of three girls I spent half of my life as Little Hahn or oh my god, youre Kaylas little sister. Luckily for me that stopped once I was a junior in high school. During this time Kayla was away at college and I was forming my own identity, and my other sister was now Baby Hahn and Savannahs sister. I am a dwindling number in the always lowering group of kids whose parents are still married (25 years and going strong)- they ,too, high school sweethearts. My dad claims he never wanted sons and my mom is thrilled to have Kayla (22), Cassidy(16) and myself (243 days away from 21). In addition to the already uneven ratio of guys to girls in my house, somehow over the years we accumulated three female dogs. I am biased and believe my one year old Cockapoo, Lovey Lou, is the cutest. Lovey is named after the former Chicago Bears coach, Lovie Smith. I bleed orange and blue and have a semi unhealthy obsession with the bald and beautiful Brian Urlacher. Born in Rockford, Illinois, I moved when I was five and I believe I have adapted into a true southerner having converted from the always annoying yous guys to yall and I even throw in the occasional bless your heart. That being said I have yet to develop a love of sweet tea or stray from my strong alliances with my White Sox, Fighting Illini, and the Chicago Bears. In addition to my love for the Midwest and Charlotte, my heart is in Boone, North Carolina at all times. I lived in Boone last year and discovered my love of hiking and the Watauga Humane Society. Im sure my love for Boone is slightly impacted by my boyfriend of three years being there, but when I am in Boone with him I am the happiest version of myself (sappy, I know). I spent the entire last year trying to discover what the right major for me was and what my life plan would be. This is no easy feat for anyone, but it is especially hard for me because I struggle with simple decisions, such as what I should eat for dinner. In all seriousness, how is a college freshman supposed to decide what they will want to spend their whole life doing? At the time I was a student at Appalachian State and was directed by my advisor to go to the peer career counseling center. Well let me tell you, that experience was beyond laughable. After taking a very generic personality test- TA DA... my long list of career possibilities were waiting. In short, the list ranged from a school bus driver (I have no shame in admitting that I am a terrible driver, so thats a no) to an accountant (which is also a no, due to the fact I would rather drive a school bus than do math.) In a turn of events I ended up having to medically withdrawal from Appalachian and come home, to Charlotte, a few months early. As this summer flew by it became very apparent that although Boone is my favorite place in the entire world, returning to school there was just not in the cards for me. I begrudgingly went through the transfer process and a few emotional break downs later here I am! On a whim I decided to sign up for two introductory education classes and through those, I discovered my true passion for wanting to become a teacher. I am majoring in adapted special education and I could not be happier with my decision. Ive always heard the clich Confucius quote stating, Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life and I want that more than anything for my future career path. Now to close it is probably best that I elaborate some on why I had to medically withdrawal. When I was five I was diagnosed with Vasovagal syncope after a series of fainting episodes. It worsened over the next ten years so my doctor at Duke put in a pacemaker to raise my resting heart rate to see if that would help. Shortly after the surgery, I started having opposite issues where my heart rate would raise as high as 160 bpm when doing non strenuous tasks, like brushing my teeth. During my surgery a dormant condition was awakened and I was then diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia syndrome (POTS, for short). I hit the trifecta when as a bonus to those conditions I started having migraines that result in temporary vision loss, vomiting and more passing out. I have been to dozens of

specialists all over the country and to Mayos twice yet all that has gotten me was a medicine cabinet that a drug dealer would be in heaven over and medical bills that make my student loans look like a trip to WalMart. You know the expression, if youre going to do something, do it to the best of your ability?- well it just so happens that I am PHENOMENAL at passing out. So because of this tremendous skill and the days upon days of my life I have spent in a hospital, I decided I consider myself qualified to self-doctor. So I fired almost all my doctors (being that my family pays them, I think that gives me the right to use that phrase) and I do what seems the healthiest to me. I swear by acupuncture now and I very rarely take medicine. Although I still have my rough days, I have never felt better. What I am in now feels like the victory stage of my life and I am so excited to see what this class and the rest of this semester brings. Yours Truly, Savannah Hahn Bus Driver 158 (just kidding!)

My sisters: Cassidy, Me, and Kayla

My darling Lovey Lou

Me and JD hiking at Hebron Rock Colony