About Me
Andrea Chang / 17
When Andrea was three, she was so thrilled to finally get all her parents’ attention while visiting her grandparents (her beautiful older sister was home alone) that she plucked the car keys from her mom’s purse and hid them in the toilet, then happily played with her dolls while everyone searched high and low for the keys. Although she has been very well-behaved since, Andrea admits she has had other questionable run-ins, especially when she auditioned for an orchestra and forgot to swallow her mouthful of water before playing her flute. You can just imagine how embarrassing it was when she spat water to the tune of the Harry Potter movie theme song as the judges stared! Anyway, she hasn’t gotten into that much trouble since. In fact, she even twice won a Steven Spielberg humanitarian contest, which proves she is now a reformed citizen. Truly, you would never know Andrea was so mischievous as she is as quiet as air. She blames her silence on the fact that in elementary school, too many teachers told her to stop yapping. Now, it’s become a dreadful habit that only gets broken around her beloved friends and cat, both with whom she has had many wonderful conversations. Part of her mischief comes from the fact that she grew up in a household of adults as her older sister is ten years her senior, which means Andrea gets to eat macaroni with ketchup and french fries with corn soup whenever she wants. You can be jealous now.
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As Oscar Wilde says, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Art is the North Star that guides me, my Polaris, the reason I breathe. Art began as the water that quenched my anxiety from the shadows that haunted my childhood. Then, it was what I did to breathe. Now, it is the future I create with my hands.
Awards
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards / 2020
Drawing & Illustration: 1 Gold Key & 2 Silver Keys
Acrylic Painting: 1 Honorable Mention
Drawing & Illustration: 1 Gold Key & 2 Silver Keys
Acrylic Painting: 1 Honorable Mention
Spielberg International IWitness Charitable Film Contest / 2016 & 2017
3rd place & top 20 in North America
3rd place & top 20 in North America
My Hero International Film Festival / 2017
3rd Place
3rd Place
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards / 2016 & 2018
Poetry Gold Key (6.5% of 331,000 entries)
Acrylic Painting Silver Key (8.5% of 346,000 entries)
Poetry Gold Key (6.5% of 331,000 entries)
Acrylic Painting Silver Key (8.5% of 346,000 entries)