I am currently a graduate student working on a dual degree in biology and education. I enjoy teaching about what I am passionate about. Since I cannot earn a Ph.D in chocolate, it will have to be Microbiology. In a dream world my future graduate students and I would study the virtues of chocolate and wine or chocolate and beer or chocolate and fruit. However, my students will have to settle for studying microbiology education at the college level.

I am a mother. I can't believe it either. Last year, I thought I was never having kids. They are loud, annoying, and smell bad well into their teens. However, look at me now. I have a smelly little boy and I love him to death. I used to love other people's kids because I could give them back. Now I realize that those parents were the lucky ones.

I am a rape survivor that struggles with PTSD and an eating disorder. You will see those things in my short stories. Writing was my escape for many years. It allowed me to express my feelings when I could not handle them.

My passion is ...

chocolate

I know too much about ...

Escherichia coli

My parents always told me ...

not to answer those voices.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a scientist

My favorite memory ...

the first time I saw snow

Why I write ...

everything

My inspiration ...

my son.

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The only thing scarier than homeless people, are the poor people that live in the backwoods of Alabama. They have guns and civil war cannons. They know how to use them. They have guns and cannons if they are white. If they are the poor blacks that still live in the shacks that resemble slave quarters, they most likely still believe that it is illegal for black people to drink Coca-Cola; those people have big sticks and machetes. Yes, the poor people of the backwoods in Alabama are scary. They smell. They have inbred eyes. They stare at you with hate and contentment because they thin...

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