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 first short story, “The Snow Globe,” has been published in the tenth issue of Miniskirt Magazine. She would like to thank the editorial team for their support of her story, as well as her Advanced Fiction Workshop for all their insights, her roommate for being a wonderful reader, and LinkedIn, Kelsea Ballerini, and Taylor Swift for providing the inspiration. You can read the story–and those by the other lovely contributors of Issue 10–here.Read More →