韦斯特蒙特的写作中心 作家的角落

Coming to Westmont, as an English major, was a scary step in the life of 丽贝卡Aldea-Cruz. As a non-traditional student 10 years past her high school graduation date, 重返大学意味着离开她700本的私人图书馆和非营利机构的管理工作, 可预测的. 然而, she has never enjoyed a book where the protagonist didn't leave on some timely adventure, 挑战未知, 还要为她的未来而战. 她承诺会勇敢地与你并肩作战，克服写作障碍，培育隐藏在阴影中的文字. The first step is always scary, but she knows each of you is brave enough to take it. 

研究领域:英语、哲学

玛丽莎而言 你是一个英语专业和戏剧辅修的学生，每天都喜欢在脑子里听着不停的歌. 为了应付在丰塔纳的日常生活, CA, 除了和她的朋友和家人一起出去玩, Marissa loves to transport herself in worlds outside her wildest dreams. 当她无法将充满梦想和世界的冒险留在脑海里时，她对写作的热爱蓬勃发展. 她第一个也是最生动的梦之一就是她决心与世界分享的这本书的灵感. 当玛丽莎没有扯着嗓子唱泰勒·斯威夫特或者埋头看书的时候, she probably can be found acting on the stage or anywhere in the theater’s vicinity. 如果你还是找不到她, 你可能会更幸运地看到她在最近的旧书店清空书架.

学习领域:英语、戏剧艺术

阿什利·克拉克是戏剧艺术和英语双学位的学生，她可以追溯到她在二年级的拼写比赛中正确拼写“蒸发”这个词时，她与文学有关的经典事件. 从那时起, 她为尽可能扩大自己的词汇量而感到自豪(她经常记住6岁时贴在冰箱上的“大词”清单)，并为词汇作为一种艺术形式的实用性感到高兴. 主修她所从事的领域, she takes pleasure in the subjects where they intersect, 比如剧本创作, 诗歌, 文学分析与解读, 时不时地执迷于莎士比亚——她最喜欢的莎士比亚戏剧是《ag娱乐官网》, 如果你感兴趣的话. When not meandering around the theater or typing up a storm in Google Docs, you can likely find Ashley walking around campus or alone in the DC with her headphones on, visualizing epic movie scenes in her head while she listens to her favorite Spotify playlists. 她热情好客地等待着任何需要帮助的同学，帮助他们正确地讲述他们想要讲述的故事, 提出他们想要提出的论点, articulating the information they’re trying to articulate, 或者其他任何一个人可以从另一个头脑与他们一起思考他们的文字工作中受益的东西!

学习领域:英语、戏剧艺术

凯莉Dangc 热情提倡以各种方式放大和鼓励各种背景的声音. Her passion for amplifying BIPOC voices has led her to major in English and Ethnic Studies. 在韦斯特蒙特的第三年，她已经优雅地跳过、绊倒和小睡了各种各样的障碍. 与, she has a bountiful storage of tips and tricks for essays ranging in difficulty and topics. 更不用说，她的藏书和她的语言和写作知识一样兼收并蓄. Kaylee在北加州长大，喜欢听音乐, 转录, and edited stories ranging from immigrant travels to college admission essays. She hopes to emphasize and highlight your voice in all your writing endeavors. A blank document and a daunting prompt are always the scariest parts of writing, but she is excited to help you build your ideas and cultivate a love for your story.

研究领域:英语、民族研究

泰勒灰色 grew up in the far, far away land of dirt roads and spotty cell phone service called Montana. She has a passion for good books, good music, good friends, and good food. She is poor at making commitments and thus her major remains undeclared. 然而, 她倾向于学习英语，这样她可以进一步追求她在阅读和写作方面的兴趣，同时也向她高中时不太酷的绰号致敬, “语法女孩.她花了大量时间在乔氏超市(Trader Joe’s)的巧克力货架上闲逛，看了太多的《ag娱乐官网》(La La Land)，被认为是不健康的. She is a proud, recently recovered Hay Day addict and a still-recovering Wordle addict. 她很高兴今年能成为作家之角的导师，并希望帮助其他学生一步一步地驾驭韦斯特蒙论文的世界.

学习领域:英语(可能)

A native of the Sacramento area in Northern 加州, Andreas墨西哥 is a second-year mechanical engineering major with passions for reading, 随机专辑琐事, 和朋友在GamePigeon摊牌. 安德烈亚斯在书和音乐中长大, 并且喜欢探索我们所说的话和我们所做的音乐之间的互动. 他希望让理科学生更容易写作(这一领域通常与易读的散文无关)，并希望在“作家之角”中成为一个友善和支持的存在.

研究领域:工程学

基冈佩雷斯第一次与名声纠缠是在他高中三年级的时候:他在第27届Mama Mable ' s Gator Wrangle比赛中获得银牌. Unfortunately, due to injuries sustained, he gave up his LA (Lower Alabama) dreams. 在他现在的生活中，追求黄金是什么样子的? Perhaps he will become a successful author of a series of self-help books, 或者因为发明了一种新的奥利奥口味而获得诺贝尔奖. Whatever it is, the next chapter of his life is sure to be exciting. He plans to graduate in Spring 2024 with a degree in Music and English.

学习领域:英语、音乐

莉莲·罗宾逊 is a Biology major and Writing minor with a penchant for tree climbing, 对咖啡因的依赖令人不安, and a deep and undying regret that she wasn’t born ‘cross the pond, where her random impulses to use a British accent would seem less out of place. 今天, 莉莲努力生活在比尔·沃特森永恒的智慧之语中:“如果你的膝盖在一天结束时还没有变绿, 你应该认真地重新审视你的生活.“ag娱乐官网她，你还应该知道些什么呢? She supposes little bios like this usually include where the subject is from. She decides to be a slave to convention and inform the reader that she was born in San Diego, 加州, 但她童年的大部分时间是在国外度过的. 在那里, she discovered that for all her love of 加州 landscapes, 她最欣赏的地形是排版. 对她来说，家就像起伏的山峦和书皮间弥漫着书香的山谷. 她最近才获得双重国籍, but now enjoys traveling freely between countries both real and imagined. (尽管她不止一次不得不处理在图书馆海关不小心触发探测器警报的麻烦.)还有别的吗?? Oh yes, she talks in the third person even when not restricted by a “bio” format.

研究领域:生物学，写作

雅各Siaki 是一个哲学和心理学双学位的学生，他对文字的兴趣可以追溯到他记忆的时候 晚安,月亮 大约两岁的时候，他会在适当的时候翻动书页，大声“读”出来. 他不仅为课堂写论文, 他也在自己的时间写作, 创造性地——有时甚至享受它. Some other pastimes of his include long romantic walks from his room to the library, and forgetting he poured a cup of tea until it's too cold to drink. His father comes from Middle Earth (people call it New Zealand, 我去过那里, 雅各布知道龙是真的), and Jacob is following in both his parents' footsteps as a Westmont student. 雅各布的写作经历从他七岁时写的ag娱乐官网一个名叫安德鲁·班纳尔的侦探的故事开始, to a reSearch paper last spring about nuclear radiation in the South Pacific. He hopes he can at least provide a helpful set of eyes to look over someone else's writing, 最多帮他们赢得一个散文奖. He looks forward to working with other Westmont students on their academic projects!

研究领域:哲学、心理学

雅各矛 你的专业是英语(辅修教育和艺术工作室)，希望成为一名中学教师教授英语和艺术. 他在附近长大 Westmont (in Goleta) and likes to remind his fellow students that there is more to do in his 而不是去好市多或塔吉特. 他喜欢攀岩，探索山麓和 mountains of Santa Barbara County, playing music, and making art. 更重要的是，他很享受 learning and writing about these things because he believes that you must 好好想想 让事情有意义 in order to learn, and that writing and thinking are inseparably linked. 那 在说, 他已经熟悉了写作障碍，也知道你在与一个提示角力是什么感觉. 雅各布期待着在任何阶段见到你和你的写作，并帮助你克服挑战.

菲比Tilburt is an English/Chemistry double major with a passion for indecision. This has led her to a life bridging the gaps between the arts and sciences. 从小就开始, she has had a passion for grammar that extended beyond the classroom into her everyday life, 但请放心，她与你的对话将比偶尔用句号代替分号更有成效. When she’s not playing with molecules or fictional characters, you might find her singing in College Choir or getting creative with DC food. 她会很兴奋地谈论你的想法，并帮助你像她一样对你的写作感到兴奋!

学习领域:英语、化学

茱莉亚白 谁是英语专业的, 为了简洁起见, will spare you a comprehensive summary of her personhood. 我只想说, 她喜欢把姜饼泡在茶里, 讲古怪的故事, and plotting the recovery of the lost library of Alexandria.被美好事物的无常所困扰, she uses words to explore and celebrate the kaleidoscopic splendor of creation. 她对牛津逗号有强烈的感情，觉得“absquatulate”这个词令人反感. 她的爱好包括看天空, 弹竖琴, 偶尔和蜥蜴聊天, and cultivating a devastating arsenal of insults (insolent fool-born footlicker!). 有一天，她想成为一名英语老师. 她希望你能从她生活中的这些片段中得到启发，并期待着有一天她会让你相信她没有疯. 也许已经太晚了. 

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研究领域:英语、音乐、教育、写作