I am a young poet, copy editor, and social media marketing specialist with an interest in any career that will allow me to use my abilities with words and with people in order to effect positive change in the daily lives of others. In 2018, my freshman year at Colorado College, I secured a job as the Social Media Intern for my school’s Communications Department. For the past three years, I have learned how to market the school I love so much through social media and internet journalism under the guise of Writer and Social Media Manager Laurie Laker. During the Summer of 2019, I participated in an internship with Dzanc Books, which was lead by Editor-in-Chief Michelle Dotter. This opportunity allowed me to practice editing books in all stages of completeness and many levels of quality. I started NGO work in April 2018 when I was offered an opportunity to copy edit the monthly newsletters of Indonesian microcredit organization PPMK (Empowering Women to Fight Poverty). This opportunity inspiring me to begin working with Capital Sisters International in November of 2019, where I strive to build the non-profit’s social media presence from scratch. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Patricia Foley Hinnen, the organization's donors, and the hardworking female clients from all over the world constantly inspire me to challenge myself, to endure, and to champion women. I started working with Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains Refugee & Asylee Programs in Summer 2020 as the Employment Services Intern. I was able to accept this opportunity thanks to Colorado College’s Summer Internship Funding Award. I focused on employment services at Lutheran Family Services, which entailed negotiating with employer partners to ensure employment opportunities for the organization’s refugee and asylees clients. I will graduate from Colorado College in May 2021 with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing/Poetry and Minors in French Language and The Book (book arts, history of the book, book structure). I am working on writing and publishing a poetry anthology for my thesis. This poetry anthology will be written partly in French and partly in English, and the thesis will be a physical handmade book completed at Colorado College’s Press using a letterpress and letterpress-like techniques/materials.