I am Norah Hively. With a Latin honors B.A. in Journalism, I am an educated storyteller. From a young age, growing up in the once small town of Waxhaw, North Carolina, I remained curious in the ever-changing planet around me. From scribbling songs as a child to creating poems and short stories as an adolescent to writing polished journalistic pieces in my education, I have never lost my child-like sense of wonder about the world. 

When I set off for college cross-country, I was in search of opportunity in the unknown. My journalism education at CU Boulder expanded my interests in activism, social & environmental justice and music. For a semester, I studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain where I used my Media Production minor to complete an internship for a local audiovisual company called Son de Producción- assisting with the production of movies, documentaries, tv shows and commercials. 

In my senior year, I was invited by the University of Colorado's journalism department to complete an honors project that provided me the chance to be awarded Latin honors with my degree. In front of a board of CU Faulty, I conducted my defense of a school-year long journalism project that showcased all aspects of my education at the university. With a literature review, a long-form journalism piece, my photographs, my video & audio clips and found archival material, I completed an all encompassing project about my family's history of corporate abuse and dependency in coal country West Virginia from which I was granted Magna Cum Laude when I graduated in May 2025. 

Now, I am heading to backpack the world in February 2026, taking my writing and creating with me to continue my love for learning, experiencing and understanding. I hope you will join me in my craving for the unknown as I tell the stories of my travels and those I meet along the way. I appreciate you being here :)