Biography

Hey everyone! I’m Hillary Hoppel I graduated from united local. I live on a beef cattle farm where we also have horses and from time to time pigs. The farm is a family affair. On most Sunday afternoons you can find my brother, mom, dad and I out working with the cattle. If it is a busy day of vaccinating cattle you will also find my grandpa and uncle on the farm helping. I have lived on a farm my whole life and also rode horses since I was little. However, because I was involved in three sports in high school and helped work on our family farm that left little time to ride horses regularly so I am now starting to ride more now that I am in college. Here at the University of Akron I am an education major with a concentration in early Education and will possibly double major or minor in special education moderate to intense. This past year I would have to add watching my brother and boyfriend's sporting events onto my list of hobbies. They had a record breaking and history making football season. Now that football is over it is now wrestling season! I have continued to watch them into this season. Along with being a sports fan I love to ride horses as I have previously mentioned. I also love playing with my little cousin. Being almost two years old she always keeps things interesting. I have so many good memories with my family and friends and love to make more each time I have the chance to. Since I was young, I would always be making my brother play school with me. I have always wanted to be a teacher and in addition to that kids are very entertaining, they always keep thing interesting and I love them.

When I was in high school one family that is friends of my family had their daughter pass away. It was the summer going into her Senoir year and she was out on the lake with her friends tubing when out of no where an assist on her brain ruptured and they could not stop the bleeding. They were aware of the assist, she had it since she was a young child, they kept an eye on it and the doctors did not see it as a future problem. After going to the calling hours and seeing everything happen and people reactions it made me realize that we never do know what tomorrow will hold and we need to live each day to is fullest. I know that this is hard to do every single day because we get caught up in our busy and crazy lifes. However, I do know how lucky I am to have the family and friends I do and I try to make the best of everything and let the little things go and face each day with a smile.