About Me — Katlyn Gallo

Discovering myself one day at a time.

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When I think back on my childhood, one of the things I always recall is never knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up. You all remember that question, right? You might’ve been in first grade, or maybe you were in fifth grade, but at some point, you were asked that question.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Whenever I was asked that I could never answer it, or at least not honestly. All the kids around me would answer with the typical responses: firefighter, vet, doctor, or teacher. There were some that got really creative and specific, and I sometimes wonder if those people have ended up in those careers they picked out for themselves 20 or 30 years ago. Likely not, but I’m sure a small percentage have!

For me, my response was always changing based on my latest interests. I honestly don’t remember what I would put down, but I’ll never forget that my fourth-grade yearbook says I want to be a professional basketball player when I grow up. Yes, you read that right.

At the time of writing that, I was obsessed with the game knockout. We would play it in gym or at recess, and I wasn’t any good but it was the latest thing I enjoyed doing, so I guess nine-year-old me thought I could make a career out of it! It’s probably the biggest…