Grace
Girls everywhere are awed by Grace. “Are you Hanna Montana?” they ask excitedly. “Heck no! I’m from Mississippi!!”
A recent magna cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University, Grace moved across country for a summer internship with Mount Hood National Forest in the Zigzag Ranger District. Spending time leading nature hikes, campfire programs and tours of Timberline Lodge, environmental education is her number one passion.
PR, though, is her natural calling, and throughout her college career, the feisty brunette gained PR experience through internships, extracurricular activities and part-time jobs.
When it comes to working for MoPR, Saad is most excited about learning the ins and outs of mobile technology, and is working closely with Talkster, HovR and Copernic as an associate account executive, contributing to the team with her design experience and journalism skills.
In her spare time, Saad enjoys reading, backpacking, painting, cooking and keeping in touch with her large, Lebanese family. She also lends her voice to the Rhododendron-based jam band Viasol, playing at the Skyway Bar and Grill on Thursday nights, and is a singer/songwriter and pianist performing at open mics around the Portland metropolitan area.
Favorite Music: Sublime, 311, CCR, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Portishead, MMW, Phish, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Neil Young, A Fine Frenzy, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Sneaker Pimps, Counting Crows, Mae
Favorite Movies: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Mean Creek, Mystic River, Braveheart, the Labrynth, Legend, 21 Grams, Traffic, the Big Lebowski, Little Miss Sunshine, the Motorcycle Diaries
Favorite Artists: Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Salvidor Dali, Ron English, Brian Froud, David Middelton
Favorite Books: Drawing Down the Moon, the Various, the Invisible Man, The Chronicles of Narnia (Prince Caspian and the Silver Chair), LoTR, 1984, Animal Farm, the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Confederacy of Dunces
Favorite Foods: pad thai, sushi, pasta of any kind, all fruit, seafood in general, rueben sandwiches, specialty bread, Lebanese food (of course)
Favorite Things:
Mount Hood from McNeil Point Hike.
Tamanawas Falls
Smokey the Bear at Timothy Lake campfire program
My nephew Clay
Roland FP4
My nephew Caleb
