Applicant #20: Tovah Liebregts

Tovah Liebregts is a 20-year-old from St.Thomas.

Tovah's video application:

Tovah's current situation:

I am an active 20 year old student, I just completed my first year at the University of Windsor. I grew up in Oakville and moved to St. Thomas almost 4 years ago. I love to make and edit videos as I am double majoring in Visual Arts and Communications. Vote Tovah for 2011 Young and Free Ontario because I have what it takes to be your spokes person!

Tovah's blog post:

“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free”

Being free, it means something different to everyone depending on gender, ethnicity, age, and nationality. There are about 6 different kinds of freedom; internal, self-freedom, external, political, collective, and spiritual. Freedom; for so many people in the world comes at a high price, and most people take for granted everyday, the freedom they were born with. One kind of freedom people struggle with in our westernized society is financial freedom, especially in a time of recession. It isn’t too often that you come across people who have no debt, who have paid off their mortgages and get to choose where they want to live, where or even if they want to work, and have freedom from worry. These people who have financial freedom should be role models and inspiration to people in our everyday lives. People get caught up in material things like cars, clothes, and accessories, and often get deep into debt that makes them feel trapped. Hopefully young people can learn from the ge neration before them and pay off their debt as they go, so that they can be financially free and have one less worry on their minds.

Tovah