A Walk Through My Life

I was recently inspired by a fun article from Refinery29 that I read about Anna Cathcart from To All the Boys I Loved Before and I wanted to share a bit more about myself as well!

VITALS

Name: Kimberly Lakenen

Age: 24 (very close to my ultimate quarter life crisis)

Hometown: Cottage Grove, MN

Pronouns: she/her

IG: kim.lakenen

Tiktok: @kimberly.lakenen

Sun Sign: Aries

Phone background: My husband (cheesy, i know.)

Where you’ve seen me: Probably at Target (jk)

FAVES

Cause(s) I’m passionate about: LGBTQ+ , Climate Change, Equal Rights, BLM

Fictional Character: Pacey in Dawsons Creek

Comfort food: Hot Cheetos and any form of pastry, oh and Sprite.

Role Model: Wonder Women

Songs I know all the lyrics to: Anything from Disney in the 2000’s

Hobby: reading articles like this one from Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, or Popsugar

Three Items I can’t live without: my phone, reusable water bottle, my bullet journal

FIRSTS

Role: I started out in the event industry as an intern, setting up chairs at a venue!

Pet: a chihuaha that we only had for a short time because my brother was a toddler and not nice to it

Couple I stanned: Pacey Witter & Joey Potter (Dawson’s Creek)

Teen show I loved: about teens.. Dawson’s Creek for sure but as a teen.. The Real World + The Real World Challenges

Audition story: the first wedding coordinating job I got was the summer of 2019 and I was very nervous to meet the bride because I look like a child and had no experience what so ever (but I was doing this wedding for FREE to get experience) but surprisingly she was very excited after our meeting to work with me because she said I sounded like a pro and exactly what she needed, it was such a relief!

Time my alarm goes off in the morning: whatever time my husband wakes up

Time I saw myself represented on screen: Jane the Virgin! I loved seeing her relationship with her mom and her abuela!

LASTS

Show I binged: Bones

Movie I saw: The Avengers

Book I read: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Person I texted: My friend Deisy, trying to persuade her to download tiktok so I can send her funny videos

Weird Instagram buy: Land of 10,000 Creatives shirt that I did not need

Time I felt proud of myself: when I finally got my bachelors degree!

GOALS

How I want to change the world: I want to help those less fortunate to inspire them to keep moving forward and I want to inspire those around me to take care of the earth!

How my generation will change the world: putting an end to stereotypes, racism, and inequality

Dream Role: owning my own wedding venue!

I’d star in any movie with: Tom Holland

If I weren’t in marketing/events, I’d be: Trying to make it in the film industry

Dream dinner guest: Hailee Steinfeld