Your calling is not always easy.

It will take work. Practice can

teach you what you are and are

not meant to do.

Stephanie Fisher had come a long way from her

hometown of Jamestown, New York, to Augusta, Georgia—
777 miles, to be exact—but this was her dream and she
wouldn’t give it up. The year was 2010, and it was her
seventh time auditioning for American Idol. She had never
made it this far in the singing talent show, but this time,
things were going to be different. This time, she would see
the judges.
The twenty-three-year-old college graduate with degrees
in biochemistry and communication studies was determined
to make this audition a success and get invited to
Hollywood Week, where dozens of contestants would
compete for a chance at the finals. In the middle of pursuing
a master’s degree while working part-time as a model, she
figured there was little time left to chase her dream of
becoming a singer. It was now or never.