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My name is Miranda Bertucci. From the last name it's not hard to decipher that I'm Italian. My mom's side is Venetian and my Dad is Sicilian. My family came to New Orleans in the 1920's and we've been there ever since. I grew up in a suburb outside the city, but commuted 45 minutes everyday to school where I first began to study photography. I'm very passionate about the analog world and developing processes. If I could live in a darkroom I would.
After school, I want to travel and photograph, and hopefully curate along the way.
At first, I thought philosophy was completely foreign to me, but the more discussion opened up in class, I realized how familiar I was with political and modern philosophy, I've just never sat down and read the text. Those sneaky high school teachers. So that is my first expectation. To have some hands on materials to look at and study. My second is to find more tangible reasons for why I believe in what I do. I want to find philosophers with similar thoughts and research what makes them tick. I've always hated people telling me what I should think or do and I've never had sound rebuttals for why. Thirdly, I want to open my mind up to more ideas. Growing up I lived in a small suburb and travelled further to a small city. Every around me fed off one another, so new opinions were rare to find. With this I hope to further develop critical thinking and analytical skills.

Cheers to a new semester!