Hi! I’m Celeste. I have a quite busy mind, so I have decided to sort my thoughts into a blog. I will likely write what I know: music & film, horses, obsessive planning and organizing, navigating social and life hurdles, and the general day-to-day. I am very open to feedback, so I would love to hear your thoughts on any of my pieces. Thank you for taking the time.

Present Day

Currently (as of April 25, 2026), I am a student at Missouri State University. I study film production and music composition. I am applying for an individualized major B.S. Performing Arts and Scoring, which focuses on music composition, film production, and theatre production. I hope to work as a film producer while also scoring films and probably writing music for other contexts as well.

Biography

I grew up in the Ozarks, an incredibly beautiful and underrated region. At seven years old, my family bought ten acres of land out over yonder. There, we built a house, set up some barns and pastures, and started a cute little farm life. It was actually not so cute for a while, I still remember (with no prior field/farming experience) picking corn when I must have been eight years old. I stopped counting at a thousand ears. Now we’ve downsized on the outside projects, but there are several types of exotic animals in the house. Don’t worry, they’re all legal.

I was raised Mormon as a child. I left officially at fourteen, though I had concerns for a few years prior. I had a lot of struggles with my ideas of morality and wanting to be “good” but not knowing what that really meant. I was taught a lot of good things, and I was taught some bad things that I had to figure out and fix. I have a lot of thoughts on religion, spirituality, and ethics. Thankfully, I have built a circle of friends that have varied opinions and experiences that can help me reason through my questions. I try to be very respectful of others’ beliefs and lifestyles. I struggled for a long time to reconcile what I think, and how I choose to live my life. I finally feel that I am in a good place with my beliefs and my life. I am proud that I can have healthy discussions and not feel threatened or shut down. My experience in the church led me to a huge amount of mental turmoil, including an astounding amount of confusion on my identity, what I want for myself, and my entire worldview. I believe that my experience was valuable because I had to pull apart every aspect of who I thought I was and rebuild myself for myself.

I have always had very high expectations for myself. I tested into the gifted program at my school when I was in fourth grade and continued with the program through my high school graduation. I never thought very highly of myself. I was always motivated by feelings of inadequacy. While this was not the best way to build a work ethic, it was highly effective. In high school, I was involved in choir, theatre, in addition to heaps of honors/accelerated/dual credit courses. I was also concurrently involved in AFJROTC, including the air rifle marksmanship team, and aviation ground school where I studied for the private pilot’s license and learned to fly trainer planes. I flew a Cessna 172 flight simulator for a few hours a week and flew a Cessna 182 out of a nearby regional airport.

My commitments in high school were overwhelming, but surely worthwhile. When applying to college, I was offered merit scholarships totaling to $73,000 over my four years in college. I have had many more opportunities in college, such as being Co-Producer for a feature film horse handler for a College Emmy winning short film. I also participate in my university’s choir and equestrian team, in addition to my studies in film, music composition, and theatre.