It’s 2006. I’m 7 years old. I’m in love with storytelling. I’ve started a sprawling action-figure-cinematic-universe. I have a dozen or so unfinished novels on the family desktop. And, I’m obsessed with Ben 10 lore.

I decide I want to be a writer when I grow up, so that’s what I tell them when they interview me for the yearbook.

It’s 2026. I’m 27 years old. I’m still in love with storytelling. I work as an Admissions Counselor, selling the story of a University. I have a minor in Film Studies. And, I’m obsessed with Ben 10 lore.

I decide I want to be a writer when I grow up, so I take a chance and enroll in the Creative Circus portfolio program.