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I’m currently a student at the University of Oklahoma, graduating in December with a major in English Writing and a minor in both Spanish and Human Relations. F. Scott Fitzgerald is my favorite author, and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is my favorite book - don’t get me started on it, or you’ll be here all day. I have a husky puppy named Jagger who is my whole heart, and I love a good debate over Game of Thrones lore. Commas are important, and I hate surprises. A big thanks to Amy Poehler and Mexican food for getting me this far in life.

I want to be an editor at a publishing company one day, and a fiction writer on the side. I could also work in magazine editing; really, it’s anyone’s guess at this point what I’ll end up doing. I’m excited to explore the editorial world and everything it has to offer.

nov 6: twenty-five years alive and jagger’s fourth gotcha day. home is a feeling.
the best bach parties happen in the middle of nowhere with safety precautions—congratulations, sidney🥺
behind us in this valley are where three mining towns used to exist in the early 1900s before a fire wiped them out completely. imagine a Wild West town with 12 hotels and 24 saloons #reddeadstyle
home is where the heart is and dillon’s always had mine! ps this is my first hike since surgery :)
this one’s for the Black trans lives that have been lost because it’s been made so clear their lives do not matter. the queer community was founded on the backs of Black trans women. it feels wrong to celebrate pride month when we’r
crossing land and sea to make your day
I HAVE MY MFA!!! feat. Dakota and my knee scars
post-thesis margs hit different
and I guess that’s all, folks! My thesis, a beautiful mess. I can feel my heartbeat in it. I’ve felt myself growing all year, sort of uncomfortably aware of my cracks opening up and molding differently. This feels like The Jumping Off Poi
RIP buttercup ♡ you were born next door and i came over to visit every day after 5th grade until you became ours. you’ve had a lot of nicknames over the years (cuppy and butternuts) and my childhood friends remember you liking to sit on the ele
back when spring in the city was vibrant & breezy
“we were together, i forget the rest” whitman said it best. happy anniversary baby❣️couple years down, many more to go