Olivia stands in the Bates College Library and reads her thesis acknowledgements from the bound book.

2022 was a year of such growth for me. I accomplished many professional and personal goals. As I look to 2023, I want to celebrate this year’s wins in preparation for the journey next year will take me on. Personally, I graduated magna cum laude from Bates College in May. After spending the summer working for The Telling Room in Portland, ME, I drove across the country to Denver to begin teaching middle school theater. Moving out has been quite the learning curve. I started putting all those Pinterest pins to good use and have become a very messy cook and baker. It’s been especiallyRead More →

Olivia is pleased to announce that her short story “Petersfield” is now published in the sixth issue of Snaggletooth, Bates College’s literary magazine. She would like to thank the editorial team for their support. It’s been a dream of hers to be published in these pages since her first-year, and she’s so excited that this piece, so deeply rooted in Maine, is able to find its home here.Read More →