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Her Campus is one of my absolute favorite things on the planet. It's a publication that has helped me grow as a writer and editor. It's an organization that has helped me develop my leadership skills. It's a brand that promotes just good old girl power. I absolutely love Her Campus.

Last week my relationship with Her Campus developed even further, so I decided that for the blog this week, I'm going to look at the evolution of my relationship with Her Campus.

In a previous post, I reflected on my experiences as a contributor who first joined Her Campus Iowa and my first semester as Campus Correspondent: Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Iowa. I wrote that post in February, which was a little into my second semester in this position. I'm going to pick up my story where that post left off...

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

Sunday I moved back to Iowa City, and that day marked a day of a lot of things. It marked beginnings and endings alike.

It marked the end of a great summer.

This summer was such a great one. I spent every day with awesome kiddos. It was my third summer nannying for the Nigg family, so at this point, it didn't even really feel like work. It felt like hanging out with friends or even siblings. And we did some fun stuff! We went to movies and Living History Farms, swimming and hiking, and just hung out. This was most likely my last summer with the Niggs, and it was a great last one to have with them.

I also went on an amazing trip to NYC this summer in case you didn't know! It was full of fun sightseeing, an amazing conference, and quality time with new friends. I couldn't have asked for a better trip. Fingers crossed I can attend the conference next summer!

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Getting Involved

I joined Her Campus in my first semester of college. I wanted a place where I could write but nothing that would be too rigorous right at the beginning of my college career. I considered writing for The Daily Iowan and even got accepted to work there, but three articles per week seemed like a little too much to jump into at first.

Her Campus seemed like a good place to start out writing, and it also seemed like a good place to meet some awesome girls who shared my passion of writing. So I joined.

At first, it was a little outside of my comfort zone. I was going to meetings with girls who I didn't know and who all seemed older and more experienced than I was. Sure, I had a couple of high school internships on my resume, but these girls were in college, and that just seemed like another whole playing field.