Hi everyone! My name is Mia Hermsen. I grew up in Fairfield, CT in a coastal town about 45 minutes outside of New York City. I joined HerCampus because we promote women empowerment and try to build confidence within all our readers. I'm also interested what women are doing now with activism and speaking up when they felt silenced in the past and I believe being a part of a news outlet like HerCampus is empowering! I'm also a Multimedia Journalism major at Virginia Tech, with minors in Women and Gender Studies, as well as the Visual Arts. You can contact me at my email mhermsen@vt.edu. Please reach out with any questions or inquiries.