Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
Issue link: http://read.uberflip.com/i/48190
SIOBHAN O'KEEFE A family-wide passion for the Pa- triots helped convince Siobhan O'Keefe that it was only a matter of time until she would become a Pats cheerleader. "Every Sunday, my family gets together for a din- ner that's always planned around the Patriots game," she says. The life-long dancer and UMass Am- herst senior tried out with fellow members of the UMass dance team and is now in her second year on the squad. O'Keefe says that commuting for practices and games while juggling a full course load can be overwhelm- ing at times, so she relies on her day planner to keep her on track. Her weekday schedule is usually planned out from the minute she wakes up to the minute she goes to sleep. But the 21-year-old Salem native makes time to unwind by whipping up baked goods in her spare time. "I love creating new and innovative ideas for my cupcakes," she says. Though she's committed to a full-time job as an auditor with Deloitte and Touche next fall, she has every intention of trying out for next year's squad and fulfilling the three-year max for Pats cheerleaders. And though her cheering commitments often keep her from Sunday dinners, she's found herself participating in them in another way. "I don't always make them, but I can be there in spirit when my family sees me on the screen." A DAY IN THE LIFE Clockwise from top, O'Keefe, who studies accounting at Amherst, outside a Salem Willows arcade; running forested trails in Marblehead; at Dance Enthusiasm, where she's an instructor. Opposite, outside Derby Square Bookstore in her native Salem. 163