Hometown: Simi Valley, CA
Major: English Teaching
Minor: TESOL
Year in School: Senior

Writing Strengths: Research, literary analysis, personal narrative
Favorite English 150 Paper: Opinion Editorial
Languages Spoken: A little Spanish, a little Zulu, a lot of English

Favorite Books: The Book of Mormon, Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Out of the Dust, Make Lemonade
Favorite Quote: "The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache." - Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley (Ensign, Oct. 2003, p 22)
Dream Job: I would go to school forever--free of charge--and take all interesting and fun classes.

Although I am proudly 1/8 Armenian, I have blonde hair and speak as much Japanese as I do Armenian (which is none).  To add to this ethnic confusion, I also consider myself a born-again African, and I do khuluma isiZulu (yes, I can click—but not nearly as well as my South African friends).   My love for writing began as a little kid when I would write and illustrate fairy tales.  My confidence grew when I won 4th place (I even got a ribbon) in my elementary school's Reflections Contest in 3rd grade for a poem I wrote about a fish in a dish (imitating Dr. Seuss's style). It was a masterpiece. Now, I write emails, papers, and an occasional journal entry.  Maybe someday I'll take up my poetic talent again.