a short biography of me!

My name is Drew Hatzenbihler. I was born on August 13th in Rochester MN in 1988. I have lived in Rochester my whole life. I am the son of Deb and Denny Hatzenbihler and have one sister Heather who graduated from St. Ben's in 2007. I attended St. Francis of Assisi school from kindergarten to 8th grade. I then moved to Lourdes High school for 9-12th grade. I am currently a senior at St. John's University. In May I will graduate with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Computer Science. From there I hope to pursue a career in outdoor education. I am particularly interested in creating nature-based, summer camps so that children can have outdoor experiences they may otherwise never have. My love of the outdoors developed as I was growing up. I spent summers on Grindstone Lake in Hayward Wisconsin. There, my family would spend weekends swimming, tubing and relaxing for the majority of the weekends available in the summer. I hope that someday, I can enable other children to have similar summer experiences as me. In particular, I hope to work with children with special needs so that they can have the same summer, outdoor experiences as other children their age and not be hindered by a disability. In my spare time, I enjoy outdoor activities such as fishing (both on water and ice), swimming, wakeboarding, hiking, snowshoeing, and sitting around campfires with friends and family. In addition, I spend my time relaxing, watching television, Playing board games, playing video games, spending time with friends, woodworking, listening to music, and napping. My favorite food is probably cheeseburgers (Even better if bacon is thrown in) followed closely by scalloped potatoes and ham (especially when the ham is leftover from holidays). I am addicted to Dr. Pepper but avoid coffee at all costs. Finally, my pet peeves include shower curtains that intrude on my shower space by blowing in an invisible breeze, hair on the soap, and hypocrites.