Written For Class: “Poetics of Mobility through Grief”

This was written as part of a poetry portfolio for a Creative Writing Poetry course that I took in Spring 2020. It gets a bit personal. Enjoy 🙂

Written For Class: “For Every Moment I Am, I feel invincible.”

This was written in a Creative Writing Poetry Class in Spring 2020. The way this poem was written was by cutting words and phrases out of my poetry as well as the poetry of other students in the course in order to form a new poem. Once again uploading the poem as a PDF to maintain the integrity of structure. Enjoy 🙂

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Written For Class – The Plague as Force: Losses and Gains

The following essay was written in Fall 2019 for an interdisciplinary course on Existentialism. In the course we read some of the works of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Simone Weil. This essay is an exploration of The Plague by Albert Camus. Enjoy 🙂 In 1947, Albert Camus published his novel The …

Written For Class: “Gilded Gamble”

This was written as part of a Creative Writing Poetry course in Spring 2020. Poem is shared in PDF form to maintain the integrity of the poem's structure. Enjoy 🙂

Written for Class: “A Human Experience in 7 Steps”

I wrote the following poem as part of a Creative Writing Poetry Course in Spring 2020. This is its third iteration. The only way that I could protect the intended form of the poem was in PDF form. Enjoy 🙂

Written For Class – The War Component of Realism

This Essay was written in Fall 2019 for an English course about 19th Century American Fiction. The course used The Norton Anthology of American Literature for the majority of its reading. Enjoy 🙂

Written For Class – In Defense of Entertainment

We live in challenging times. Poverty, crime, racism, disinformation, and many other injustices threaten to destroy the prosperity of our nation alone. In times as tumultuous as these, how could anyone even consider sitting on the couch and watching reruns of Friends?

Written for Class – Human Trafficking Research Paper (Works Cited) #HTRP

Chacon, Jennifer M. "Tensions and Trade-offs: Protecting Trafficking Victims in the Era of Immigration Enforcement." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 158 (n.d.): 1609-1653. February 2018. Hughes, Donna M. "Hiding in Plain Sight: A Practical Guide to Idnetifying Victims of Traficking in the U.S." (2003): 1-11. January 2018. McCraw, Steven C. "Combatting Human Trafficking in Our …

Written for Class – Human Trafficking Research Paper (Refutation) #HTRP

             The solution outlined is not the only way to decrease the number of occurrences of human trafficking in Texas. Strict immigration reform and more aggressive human trafficking prosecution would also decrease human trafficking. By strengthening our presence on the border with Mexico and making its cities a more hostile environment, the state of Texas …

Written for Class – Human Trafficking Research Paper (Concession) #HTRP

The solution outlined will need manpower, money, and time to be fully implemented. With its partners, the State of Texas will need to hire and train instructors to teach officers and citizens, planners to orchestrate awareness events, and staff to oversee the assistance efforts. Because of this, additional funds will need to be allocated to …