SHERIDAN — Senior Jillian Stalker can be seen around the school wearing a piñata costume on Halloween, a yellow rain coat she bought in London, or her plaid blazer. Stalker wears “spontaneous” on her sleeve and symbols of travel on her backpack.
But Key Chains By Jill is not her only creative endeavor.
Since she’s was 8, Stalker has made little videos for fun. Although, if she could be anything, her dream job would have to be an astronaut.
Stalker is constantly drawing little pictures on her notebooks, on her friends’ hands or on white boards around the school. One of her many drawings is a space dog, the featured dog being her very own corgi, Dottie.
Stalker describes herself as “relaxed, with witty humor that not everyone can understand.” One person who she feels can understand her humor, is English teacher Michael Clift.
Stalker said that, because of this, he’s her favorite teacher here at SHS.
Among Stalker’s favorite activities to do in school, is writing.
“I also particularly like broadcast journalism, because I get to create and make little videos, which is what I’m most passionate about,” she said.
Both her writing and broadcast journalism classes are taught by Clift. “I feel very close to Jill, even though we say very little. I love to be around her, her work speaks for her,” said Clift.
When asked where Stalker thinks she’ll be in 10 years, she answered, “Well, if I’m not on the moon or in the International Space Station, I can see myself working on individual projects for film. Filming documentaries, or writing screenplays or scripts for other people. I value time by myself. I like doing things independently. I do weird, quirky things.” Stalker has an aquarium at home, full of her closest friends, although, to her disappointment, her fish Scout passed away last week.
Stalker is the daughter of Barbara and Dan Stalker.