I am a first year PhD student researching discourse analysis in literature, television, movies, and classroom settings. I have taught Adult Basic Education for two years–focusing on pedagogical practices of crossing content areas to bridge cultural literacy, social literacy, and academic literacy to empower students in higher education settings. My current projects include researching the use if individualism as a form of political correctness to enact policy changes, a fiction novel, and working on course work to complete my PhD with concentrations in cultural and literary studies and rhetoric and composition. When I’m not studying, writing, researching, or teaching, I’m at the beach with my family.