The following is an essay that I wrote as apart of my Emerson Application. The prompt was to explain what influenced me to select my major.
Major: Writing, Literature, and Publishing
I've always known in my heart that I am a writer that is capable of bringing people together through stories. In order to be effective in telling those stories, it is vital that I understand how people feel, how they think, and how they live. With that understanding, I can better empathize with people and create pathways for communication, which is something we as a society are in desperate need of. I aspire to be the kind of writer that tells the stories no one else can so that I can help create the important conversations that are yet to be had. This is exactly why I am drawn to Emerson. Its focus on storytelling is enough to make me fall in love. But, it's the emphasis on adaptable storytelling that is malleable and capable of fitting into our changing world that occupies my mind everyday. I have always found a home in my writing, and after years of telling people my dreams and being met with the "starving artist" trope, I knew I needed to find a place that understood how creativity is vital to how we move forward in the world. Emerson is exactly that place.