Gretchen Hefner is a 5th-year in Geography-Meteorology with a minor in Aerospace Studies through AFROTC. She was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, and will be commissioned as a Weather and Environmental Sciences Officer in the USAF this May. She hopes her first assignment is to the Air Force Institute of Technology to pursue her graduate education in Atmospheric Science or Cloud Physics. Besides being active in AFROTC leadership, she is in the university jazz ensemble, when her schedule allows, and participated in the Marching 110 for two years as a trumpet player. Otherwise, her free time is spent playing racquet sports (tennis, pickleball, squash), video gaming, and spending time with family.