Interview
September 5, 2012
New Lead:
A Sioux City girl tells about her exciting journey to get to her college career. Starting back in the year 1992 in Sioux City, Iowa, Lauren Michelle Sorenson was born just one week before Valentine’s Day, on February 7. After about two years of waiting her sister finally had a younger sibling. She spent most of her childhood in Sioux City until the age of ten, when her family decided to move to Africa.
When asked what it was like to live in Ethiopia, Lauren simply replied, “It was completely different than living in Sioux City, because in Africa you wake up to monkeys literally banging and jumping around on your roof.” Sorenson continued her education in private and boarding schools while she remained in Africa. Finally at the age of thirteen, her family decided it was time to end their missionary work and head back to the states.
Lauren graduated from East High School and then first enrolled at University of Northern Iowa for two years, before transferring to Morningside College to study corporate communications. She decided that the smaller school was more suitable for her college career. Some of her favorite pass times include snow skiing, being on the school radio station and lifeguarding for the last six years.
ORIGINAL LEAD:
In the year 1992 in Sioux City, Iowa, Lauren Michelle Sorenson was born just one week before Valentine’s Day, on February 7. After about two years of waiting her sister finally had a younger sibling. She spent most of her childhood in Sioux City until the age of ten, when her family decided to move to Africa.
When asked what it was like to live in Ethiopia, Lauren simply replied, “It was completely different than living in Sioux City, because in Africa you wake up to monkeys literally banging and jumping around on your roof.” Sorenson continued her education in private and boarding schools while she remained in Africa. Finally at the age of thirteen, her family decided it was time to end their missionary work and head back to the states.
Lauren graduated from East High School and then first enrolled at University of Northern Iowa for two years, before transferring to Morningside College to study corporate communications. She decided that the smaller school was more suitable for her college career. Some of her favorite pass times include snow skiing, being on the school radio station and lifeguarding for the last six years.