My name is Susan Lynn Johnson. I am nineteen years of age and have lived in Arizona all my life. I was born to my parents Randy and Kathy Johnson who chose to name me after my favorite aunt Susan. Not only is it exciting to be named after such an amazing woman, but it is truly a name you do not hear very often in our younger generation. Plus being the only one in school was fun too! I also have an older sister named Lauren and she is amazing! She’s one of my best friends and the greatest older sister I could have ever asked for! We had so much fun playing together when we were younger and even enjoy many of the same activities today like watching Top Chef and Project Runway together.
When I was growing up I loved to play basketball at the local Boys and Girls Club and practice cello with the school’s orchestra program. Eventually in high school I moved on to activities I still enjoy today like running, shopping, and baking; although basketball and cello will always hold a special place in my heart. I found many great things during my four years in high school such as: cross country, track, friends I am still close with today, and my best friend and high school sweetheart Dylan. He and I have enjoyed going to more Diamondbacks baseball games than I can count, watching entire seasons of Prison Break in a matter of days, and cooking delicious meals over our last year and a half together. As I continue to study Speech and Hearing Science for a second year at ASU, Dylan attends a local culinary school to fulfill his dream of becoming a chef. In my spare time I work at Sprinkles Cupcake Bakery. I absolutely love describing my favorites like our Chocolate Marshmallow which is a rich dark chocolate cake with a real homemade marshmallow center that is dipped in amazing chocolate ganache. Who would not be excited about that? It is so much fun to see how excited people get about something as simple as the American classic cupcake, but at Sprinkles it truly is fantastic! Although I love the cupcake industry my true passion lies within speech pathology. The more I learn about Speech Pathology the more my passion grows for the subject. I really hope to work at an elementary school someday so I can really make an impact in the lives of young children. I feel like once I graduate and finally get out into the field I will always be so excited about my career and is that not everyone’s goal when the finish school? I am really excited to start a new semester at ASU and cannot wait for what lies ahead! Good luck this semester and go devils!