The eldest of two girls, I grew up being the slightly mean older sibling until my sister and I decided we like each other. I'd known since junior high that English was going to be my major, but it wasn't until I got a chance email from Southern Utah University's English department inviting me to apply for their literary magazine editing class.

 

Nano Taggart adopted freshman-year me into Kolob Canyon Review via my response to the department's email, and four years later, I graduated from SUU as 2024's top creative writing student, having served as KCR's editor-in-chief and a TA for the project's class during my final year. 

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On top of learning how to edit, I learned that fiction wasn't my genre. Instead, I reluctantly accepted that I'm a poet, and I discovered the existence of creative nonfiction: both now genres I love dearly.