During my freshman year at the University of Rhode Island, I struggled to find an academic comfort zone and my grades ended up suffering for it. I chose to take WRT 104 during my first semester and it was my favorite class I took that entire year due to the endless range of topics I could write about. From there, I continued to take at least one writing course every semester until I realized that I essentially had the minor. After thinking about what I wanted to do after college, I declared writing as my second major during my junior year. Declaring this major has allowed me to take some of the most interesting classes I've had in my college career and the most useful. Although computer science is my hobby and important for my current job, writing in my free time is my true passion. Below are the documents that I feel represent my interests, personal style, and attention to detail the best out of all my papers I created throughout my college career.

• Travel Writing: "Nostalgia"
This piece was a text I created over the summer for WRT305: Travel Writing. The prompt was to use the senses to describe a place, but being sure to include more than just the sense of sight.


• Travel Writing: "The Gaspee Day Parade"
This is another example of travel writing that I completed over this past summer. We were asked to visit a cultural event and report back on it using a narrative as the frame.


• Travel Writing: "Not Just What Happened Where"
I enjoyed travel writing immensely over the summer, so I thought putting my end of the semester reflection with the two documents above will show what I learned through the course.


• Technical Writing: "Swipe, Swipe, Swipe"
Last year, I took a technical writing course where the prompt was to create a narrative that talked about a problem you saw with technology. I used a recent story that happened and was able to include an incredible amount of detail.


• Writing Consultancy: "Reflection (Spring 2009)"
The most fulfilling course I've taken in the writing curriculum has to have been the consultancy sequence. It not only helped me become a better writer in the process, but I was able to help others improve their writing as well.

I can't remember the first time I ripped open the case of a computer, but I do remember it was a sad day for my father's bank account. There was something inherently interesting about computers and I was always spending my time interacting with them. Through constant tinkering and breaking things, I was able to dig deeper into computers to solve the problems I created. From there, I became interested in web-design and I've been focusing on that trade through high school and college. My first experience with programming languages was through this computer science program and it has given me the ability to think like a programmer. Everybody always says that syntax is just memorization, but having strong logic behind the programming is what makes a programmer great. I'm not sure what career in computer science I will choose, but I know that there are many options that I know I would enjoy.

• Directed Study: "User Interfaces: Designed To Fail"
After my directed study over the summer in user interfaces, I was asked to write a paper that described my findings.


• Social Issues: "Who Rules The Net?"
In our social issues class, we were assigned a book report to complete. After realizing the problems with Internet jurisdiction, I chose "Who Rules The Net?" by Adam Thierer.


• Social Issues: "Trust and Vulnerability: Children On The Internet"
We were also asked to write a term paper on an issue we felt was important to the field of computer science. I chose children being given unrestricted access to the Internet as my topic.