Who Am I Blog: Madeline Ligas

 My name is Madeline Ligas, I get my first name from my great grandmother and my last name from my dad's side. I was heavily involved in my high school, people knew my name when I have never seen them before. I was the president of the ASL club, Stage Crew, and Veg club (vegan cooking). I was also an officer in our Performing Arts Club, PAC. As you can tell I was heavily involved in theatre in high school holding many leadership roles. From lighting to building, to being the stage manager I knew that auditorium like the back of my hand. My favorite show we have ever put on was Spongebob the Musical, which surprised everyone with how good it was. 

Rock Lititz during Lititz Live experience

                                                                     Live at the Freddy Awards 

                                                                                                                   Activity Fair promoting PAC 

The summer going into my senior year my school offered a trip where you would go to Europe and see Spain, Portugal, and part of France. I attended that trip and it was my first time being abroad and without my family for an extended time, so it was a big adjustment. But I had such a blast and saw so many new and exciting things, especially finding my love for patatas bravas and tapas. Following that trip my family and I went to Spain, Poland, and France. My dad had a whole bunch of family in Poland so it was nice visiting them and getting to see the cities from their perspective and less of touristy areas.

Lagos in the Algarve region on Portugal

Palais de Justice de Montpellier in France

Patatas Bravas

Growing up I always had pets in the house from fish, to newts, to guinea pigs, and many more. I have helped take care of a variety of pets. The first pet I remember is a giant fish tank with 50 fish in it. From puffer fish, to snails, to a mini starfish, there was a wide variety. One day we bought a fish from Petco and it had a virus even after acclimating it, the whole tank ended up catching it. My childhood dog and cat, Malu and Conner, were the best of buddies. During their lifetime we had gerbils, hamsters, and more fish. Once we moved to PA my grandma moved with us, so she moved in her dog, Holly, and cat, Shadow. After Malu unfortunately passed a few months later we adopted DJ and two guinea pigs named Smores and Fred. Just once you think we had enough animals under our roof we added two hamsters to the mix. They were happy but when we got them they were already old so they died peacefully. Our neighbor, whom we were close with, was retiring and was moving to Florida, so he gave us his newt. Shortly after Conner and DJ died peacefully, and after time has past we adopted Noodle, a pug, and Jack, a tabby cat from a shelter. Currently we have 7 pets in our house that we all pitch in to take care of.

Jack (left) and Shadow (right)

Noodle the Pug

             DJ (left) and S'mores (right)