Re: Iowa Press Release

Beginning this Saturday, I will be spending two weeks at the University of Iowa participating in a unique opportunity for young creative writers! I applied to the program earlier this year, fully expecting a rejection letter and becoming at peace with the idea. I am so incredibly grateful to have been given this amazing opportunity! In addition to sending packing lists and short biographies of the artists I will be working under, the program sent out this lovely press release! Had I known the picture I sent in would be for something so elegant, I wouldn't have taken it from the front seat of the car during a long road trip! Odd picture or not, I felt honored to be written about.

I would like to acknowledge the people who got me here, without them I would not have considered applying: my uncle David who told me about the opportunity, my literary arts / creative writing teacher Shannon for taking time out of her day to write a letter of recommendation, my parents, and my late grandmother who helped me develop my love for writing.