I've been writing since a young age and have always found joy in writing and editing a variety of different genres. My work was published in the Ivy Leaves Journal in 2021, and I joined the team as Nonfiction Editor in 2022. In 2023, I was asked to return in a leadership position as Assistant Editor, and had two more pieces published in the journal the same year.I graduated from Anderson University in May 2023 with a BA in English: Creative Writing. During my time at Anderson, I also completed the Anderson University Honors Program and served as the Strings Librarian for the South Carolina School of the Arts. In 2023, I received the Foothills Writers Guild's Upper Division Creative Writing Award, and second prize for the Lawrence and Pansy Webb Excellence in Creative Writing Award. I'm passionate about the many ways in which language and storytelling can make a positive impact on all kinds of audiences, and love finding ways to strengthen writing of all kinds.In addition to my skills in the English language, I'm a musician, skilled in violin and piano, and in my free time I like to arrange and compose music for my own enjoyment.