About Me
As a public speaker, I granted myself the title of ocean warrior. I began every speech with a string of words that would eventually stitch together my identity: “Hi, I’m Maddie Cranston. I’m nine years old, and when I grow up, I am going to be a marine biologist.”
When the adults around me asked, befuddled and self-deprecating, how I could be so certain, I hooked them with the speeches’ memorized “call to action” beat. In my own words, upon seeing a polar bear drown in the climax of the Disney film Oceans, I turned to my mother with tears in my eyes and whispered, “I know what I want to do with my life.”
Ultimately, I was only half right. For my future still held an “-ology” within it. As I pursue a Master's in Sociology at the University of Waterloo, I have found it to be a social science that invigorates me; I constantly encounter work that seeks to better the world.
Now, my future goals lie in discovering value-driven ways to bridge sociology – its commitment to truth, knowledge, and social justice – with my passion for the communicative arts. Although I no longer dream of a career in marine biology, the goals of my younger, ocean warrior self remain a constant. My purpose still lies in research, teaching, creativity, and the fight for a better world.
When the adults around me asked, befuddled and self-deprecating, how I could be so certain, I hooked them with the speeches’ memorized “call to action” beat. In my own words, upon seeing a polar bear drown in the climax of the Disney film Oceans, I turned to my mother with tears in my eyes and whispered, “I know what I want to do with my life.”
Ultimately, I was only half right. For my future still held an “-ology” within it. As I pursue a Master's in Sociology at the University of Waterloo, I have found it to be a social science that invigorates me; I constantly encounter work that seeks to better the world.
Now, my future goals lie in discovering value-driven ways to bridge sociology – its commitment to truth, knowledge, and social justice – with my passion for the communicative arts. Although I no longer dream of a career in marine biology, the goals of my younger, ocean warrior self remain a constant. My purpose still lies in research, teaching, creativity, and the fight for a better world.
