10/21/2015 8 Comments People I Admire: Sandra ChangSandra and I met at the very beginning of freshman year and ended up becoming so close that we are now roommates! I've always admired (and if I'm being honest- been a bit jealous) of her when it comes to social media. Sandra is a promoter for multiple companies through her Instagram @helloosandra and has over 9k followers! A lot more than my measly 600 haha. But after talking to Sandra, I realized that there is more to her job than meets the eye and remembered that there is more to someone than their IG feed. Let's meet her! Would you consider yourself IG famous? I would not consider myself IG famous in the grand scheme of things. Granted I do have more followers than the average person but I still don’t consider myself famous because there are all these 100k follower accounts that exist out there (whether it be celebrities or fashion bloggers) and it’s so inspiring and humbling to look at them. But I do consider myself more of an influential account because I get presented with certain business opportunities because of the amount of followers I have and I’m super thankful for that. What are some of your favorite Instagrams? @docaitlin @paudictado @swellmayde @eggcanvas Do you think that people value the effort that goes into IG accounts as a profession? Why or why not? I feel like a lot of people don’t realize the amount of time it takes for the start to finish progress of a picture. For a standard fashion blogger, you have to hire a photographer, get your makeup ready, have your outfits ready with the specific products you’re being sponsored with, then you have to do the shoot and have to edit photos and post them in a way that will appeal to people. There’s a lot of planning involved basically. It’s a very tedious process and most don’t realize all the effort that goes into creating that “effortless” photo. But I do feel like people appreciate these accounts because I get inspired to dress a certain way or try new places by what I see on these accounts so I think others do as well. Describe your account in a sentence My account started off as a personal Instagram account and slowly evolved into a more fashion-based account but is more recently coming back to its roots of being personal. I would say fashion is definitely still there but less fashion-content. It’s basically whatever I want haha (food, pictures with friends, etc.). Have you ever had to deal with rude followers? Um, no I have not. But I have had to deal with people taking my pictures and reposting without giving me credit. That just wasn’t a good feeling to have my work stolen. I’ve had a lot of instances that I’ve had to deal with that but it wasn’t a big deal. I would say that the majority of my followers that I don’t know in real life are very supportive and very sweet. Why do you think Instagram is so popular nowadays? It’s not just to post what you do on a day-to-day basis. A lot of people use it for self-validation, and not many are immune to that in our generation. It’s a great platform to be able to express yourself and your creativity. It’s also a really good way for people to connect and find a sense of community that they can’t find somewhere else. Do you think social media is an accurate representation of someone’s personality? Can’t people skew/censor their lives to only show the good things? No it’s not a completely accurate portrayal of someone’s life or someone’s personality. It’s merely a display of their highlight reel. I think people often tend to forget that social media is very deceiving and that it doesn’t capture anyone’s not-so-great moments that they’d rather the world wouldn’t see. It’s important to keep that in perspective when you find yourself comparing your life to others through social media. After all, you pretty much only post things you want people to see and you can craft an image for yourself that isn’t necessarily true to who you are. What’s something that a follower wouldn’t know about you from your IG? They wouldn’t know that I’m actually kind of a shy and reserved person. I think from my IG it seems like I’m always out there doing things and am outgoing but I’m actually pretty down-to-earth and a quiet person. I feel like people wouldn’t get that just from judging my Instagram. Who inspires you? My parents are an inspiration to me because they’re the most hardworking and driven individuals I know. I think it’s incredibly admirable that they’re the only ones from their respective families to have immigrated to America. Knowing that they built up such successful careers here and started fresh with no one in this new country to support them just really inspires me and serves as a reminder to always do my very best. I put myself through a lot of pressure because I want to succeed and be able to give back to them someday because they’ve given me so much and I wouldn’t be where I am without their support. Just knowing that I could have had a very different life in Taiwan makes me all the more thankful for the opportunities I’ve been given here and inspires me to work ten times harder. Remember to check out Sandra's personal account at @helloosandra for more cute pictures and inspiration!
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