ilsa
Hello and welcome to my website! I’m Ilsa Askren. I attended Freestyle Academy and Los Altos High. At Freestyle I learned how to literally bring to life creative ideas I have had for years. In my first year as a Freestyler I was an animation student, and in my Senior year I switched to the film production elective. Along with my elective class I also take the two “core” classes, Digital Media and English. An impressive amount of work goes into each production and project––much more work than I could have ever imagined. But Freestyle makes this work enjoyable, as the things I am learning all feel useful and feel like skills I’ll be using throughout my life. I am so inspired by my peers and teachers at freestyle and I’m grateful to say I enjoy school!
Now that I am graduated, I can confidently say upon reflection that I wouldn’t be who I am without Freestyle. It has taught me how to be an independent worker, how to be a creative thinker, and how to put my voice into the world in order to make it a better place. I’ve learned how to build and how to embrace community, and also how important it is in order to create successfully. Freestyle taught me how to have fun amongst all the hard work. I hope to remain connected to my teachers, and I will forever carry the experience I had at Freestyle in my heart.
Aside from school, I like to spend my time running, doing yoga, playing guitar, painting, and drinking copious amounts of coffee. My hope is that this platform can show a little corner of the world what I spend some of my time working on.