When I was 13, I went to see the movie Kings of Summer. (I loved coming-of-age films) I fell in love with the soundtrack. But one song in particular stuck with me. '17' by Youth Lagoon. I played it on repeat for the rest of the night. I began to wonder at that moment and because of that song: Who picks the songs that go in movies?

I love the idea of creating or enhancing emotion in a scene by putting music to pictures and pictures to music.

Without even knowing the job title at the time, I knew I wanted to be a Music Supervisor. I have not wavered from that goal, and I am pursuing a degree in Music Business to help me reach it.

For my 17th birthday, I received a package from Trevor Powers, (now formerly Youth Lagoon). It was the album I love most with the lyrics that mean the most to me inscribed on the cover, along with his signature, and he even overwrote the 'YL' with silver marker. I wrote him to thank him and to tell him what his song has meant in my life: that I hope someday I can give some 13-year old girl watching an indie movie the same privilege of finding a song that reaches her the way his song reached me.