While writing this script i was in a bit of a slump, not doing too well. I got inspired and quickly got to writing the script which took me out of my slump. Writing has always made me feel better.

"Clear Water," tells the unique story of a mother desperate to see her son after being trapped and isolated in a mental health hospital.

I have a passion for writing non-fiction and displayed my skills throughout this letter to the editor. I am extremely proud of this piece as it was timely and included a clear call to action.

This piece was written because of a prompt given to my creative writing class at the beginning of the year. The prompt was a picture of a swimming pool that was structured on the top of a building seemingly in a cityscape.

A theme I considered writing about in my poems was the people around me and those who've inspired me during the events that are happening in our world right now.

"Black Beaded Bracelet" was inspired by my dad and my mom. I wanted to write a piece that captured their individual personalities with references to how they live. My dad is a meticulous, organized person and my mom was a glamorous one.

My writing teacher had opened a book and turned to a random page, then closed his eyes and pointed to a random sentence then read it to the class. I then imagined what the rest of the story.

"Two Birds, One Stone" is a nostalgic story that touches on the naivety of childhood friendships and the crushing reality of growing up and growing apart. This script was created as a collaborative screenwriting assignment in our Creative Writing class.

I was able to create a piece that I am extremely proud of. I hope the readers feel they can connect with this poem, in one way or another.

These poems are centered around social issues, arranged marriages/sex trafficking, and toxic masculinity, as well as one about fantasy. Pointing out these problems, which are rarely talked about, is influential to those who are affected by them. Giving a voice to those impacted, is necessary for change, and change is what we need.

This particular piece discusses the process of grief and confusion surrounding the unexpected disappearance and presumed death of two lovers.

This story was one of my favorites because of how well it really flowed.

This is very close to the Utopian dream that a lot of thinkers have been imagining about. But is it really?

I was interested in getting my story and my feelings regarding the piano onto paper and into words, and it turned into the creative writing piece I am submitting here.

I thought, I must write about this, and so I set to work. Needless to say, when bubblegum is chewed, inspiration strikes.

Growing Pains is a poetry collection about coming of age. I wrote this piece earlier this semester to submit to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

I write poetry, and take inspiration from the world around me to describe how I see it. My poetry can be defined as my perception of the world.

I just told a story. I wanted to put it down on paper. It's about a girl I used to know, I'd spend a lot of time with her, lead her on. I really did her wrong, and I'm guilty.

For this piece, I chose to fuse both sides of my heritage, my grandmother's red in South Bend and my abuela’s childhood in Colombia.