Ayla Schoen is a student at Glendale community college, uses she/they pronouns, and she is pursuing an associate degree in digital media arts. She is studying graphic design but does photography on the side. She is also hoping to learn more about writing and trying to become a better writer. They hope to use what they learn from this project in future assignments and projects and look forward to writing in any way they can. They like to write in their free time, mostly short stories just to write about something they like and to reread them later to see what has improved and what needs to be improved. She has also lived in Arizona for 2 years but has previously lived in California, Florida, Virginia, and Japan.