entered graduate program: fall '13

degree(s) & major: B.A. in English Education from Brigham Young University-Idaho

favorite authors: William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, J.D. Salinger, Amy Tan

favorite literary periods: Renaissance, Realism, Modernism, and Post Modernism

areas of interest: Feminism, Young Adult Literature, Creative Writing, Education, ESL

miscellany: I grew up in Nipomo and currently teach English/ELD at Santa Maria High School. I am a published author (in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul), am currently working on some short stories, and hope to write a novel someday (not the next Harry Potter, but close!)