About Me

“ Carpe diem.”
Seize the day. An ideology I try to fervently live by.
My name is Annaliese Cofer; I’m a current junior at East Carolina university and an avid dreamer and doer. I like to think of myself as a versatile individual. Many, many things have peaked my interest on my quest for knowledge in life and I‘ve made it a point to immerse myself in a vast variety of activities.
Perhaps the seed of this was my childhood as a military brat. I’ve been fortunate enough to do a great deal of traveling because of this and have acquired a great passion for travel photography and blogging in the process. I’ve lived in 8 states and 2 countries, journeyed to China to adopt my brother, backpacked Europe, and attended a short excursion in London. Along with photography, I enjoy a multitude of outdoor activities like hiking, water sports, swimming, and jogging. But I also take great delight in many indoor pastimes. I love to write and one day plan to write a novel. I journal and scrapbook my travels and day to day life, I paint, and am in the process of learning how knit.

When picking a degree path, I decided I needed something I was passionate about, a path where I could help people, and a versatile career field. I settled upon Recreational Therapy as it included all of these checkpoints. I plan to work with Special Needs Children to engage them in a variety of exciting, hands on activities that will help them overcome any mental or physical barriers they may have. My main goal is to improve their overall quality of life. In this blog I will be illustrating the perspective of a RT student: taking a look at the classes in the Recreational Therapy program, the shadowing and workplace environment, and the future as an eventual therapist. I hope to give the reader an accurate and passionate overview of what the field entails, from starting at the beginning of it’s path as a student. My blog will function as a sort of guide; one that I wish I’d had when applying to ECU’s RT Program and one that will highlight the wonderful outcomes in pursuing this career.