I am currently a student at the University of New England, majoring in Marine Biology. I was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts. My family is soon moving to Sommerville, South Carolina. I have always been fascinated with life, especially that of animals. Of the creatures that I find most interesting, those which live in our world’s oceans are among the most intriguing to me. I enjoy the knowledge and skills that are taught in college, and greatly enjoy reading about various things ranging from works of science fiction to current events about today’s political discourse. I have always enjoyed creative writing, creating characters, worlds, creatures, and underlying themes to connect them to various events. Reading and Writing are often thought of as two separate but related skills, however, I see them as one skill that can be used to further our own knowledge and facilitate the spread of this knowledge to others. (After all, what good is your ground-breaking discovery or thought- provoking realization if you can’t communicate it to other people?) I look forward to most of my college courses and the opportunity that each one will provide for me to further expand my knowledge of the outside world, as well as skills that can be used to better my transmission of these Ideas and bits of knowledge.