Aurora Porter

I am a proud product of the public school system and grew up in South Austin. In the past few years I have written for the features department at the Daily Texan , the University of Texas at Austin’s student newspaper and have had many years of experience working in restaurants and cooking with catering companies. At the moment, I am researching, taking video and photos and writing in preparation to launch a blog on food, travel and environmental sustainability.

I feel that my multimedia journalism track is very promising and relevant to the drastic political and sociological changes this country is going through right now. I believe that to be a competent, accurate journalist is a noble pursuit and hopefully a valuable commodity in the coming years.

Outside of school, I love to read, travel and cook. I have been to Japan, main-land China, Hong Kong, Spain, Morocco, France, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, UK, Canada and Mexico in the past four years. With the exception of Asia and France, I paid my own way with saved money from a few jobs.

After completing my undergraduate studies, I plan to move to Paris and attend Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. Post-graduation, I would love to freelance for multiple food and lifestyle online publications in Europe and the US and research attitudes and waves in food culture.