Elise Parry is a senior at Hillcrest Highschool in Midvale Utah. Growing up she always had alove for art and drawing and wanted to pursue this through high school. During the span of herhigh school career, she has been involved with her school’s stage crew. Parry went from asmaller member of stage crew to now her senior year as the president.During her earlier years at Hillcrest she was interested in set designing, specifically painting. Sheloved to paint and made this her main focus going into high school. After longer thinking aboutbuilding a career out of this, she realized that it might not be so easy to get the recognition thatshe would need to make it to higher production.During her junior year of high school, Parry realized that she wanted to go into sound design.When asked why she was so interested in sound design, she said that when their auditorium wasfacing issues with some of the speakers she was told it was something that couldn’t be fixed butafter further investigation, she was able to find the problem and fix it. Even though she wouldcall herself stubborn at this time, she also described herself as a problem solver and someonewho is determined to find a solution.After getting into sound design, Parry has been able to appreciate the incredible sounds of thetheatre. She described some of her experiences watching Broadway shows as being in the sceneand hearing the sound not just around her but in her head as well.After high school, Parry aspires to go to the University of North Carolina School of Arts alsoknown as UNCSA. They have an incredible sound program there that has connections toBroadway which is exactly the path she wants to follow. She knew she wanted to go to UNCSAafter one of her friends on stage crew had graduated and gone there. She considers this friend assomeone that she is able to learn from and really look up to as well.Whether she is helping others during stage crew or learning something new herself, Parry is aprime example of optimism and dedication. She wants to show others that you can achieveanything you set your mind to big or small.