Deenah is a Liberal Arts and Science major who plans to graduate and transfer in the fall. Her parents are from Haiti, making her a first generation American. From her roots she has always been encouraged to continue her education and to always keep learning. She has always loved reading and discovered her love for creative writing in the 8th grade when her English teacher made the class write a poem off the top of their heads. Besides poetry she likes writing short stories and would like to write a novel someday. Her favorite writers include Jhumpa Lahiri, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, Khaled Hosseini, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Yusef Komunyakaa. Besides writing, she also enjoys creating collages, volunteering, listening to a variety of music, learning new things, reading psychology magazines, and watching movies.