Talia Lee is a sophomore at Scripps College studying Writing & Rhetoric. She has contributed to The Womanist at Mills College, and is a current columnist at the InterTown Record of Kearsarge-Sunapee region of NH. Among writing, Talia is passionate about music. She plays acoustic guitar, piano, and vocal accompaniment. Talia also loves to sew, crafting purses, clothing, and gifts for the people she loves. She describes her writing as a ivy climbing the limbs of a tree: steadfast, eager, and becoming. You can find Talia by California tide pools, or at craft fairs collecting stationary, or in vintage stores searching for her next thrift find. Talia is harnessing her curiosity to guide her writers voice. She hopes to allow her surroundings to shape her, before she shapes it.