Abstract
Lynn-sarah Georges is a business management major with a concentration in finance. She is Haitian-American and was raised in Medford, MA. Lynn-sarah says that this essay was important to her “because I had never felt like it was accepted or okay to write in my true voice in an academic setting. I feel passionate about ‘knowing who you are when you write’ because that feels like activism in the classroom.” As a student who speaks English, Haitian Creole, and French, it is important to her that she is “not only writing in my own voice but also being able to use academic techniques to bring attention to a student’s identity in writing.” Lynn-sarah states that “as a woman of color, this essay was not just special to me, it was me. This essay was me, and every other black and colored student in the classroom.” Lynn-sarah is the first of three children, from an immigrant and single-mother household, and she credits her family, and religious beliefs, for her passion to speak up for those around her.
Recommended Citation
Georges, Lynn-sarah
(2023)
"Do You Know Who You Are When You Write?,"
Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition: Vol. 3:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/undercurrents/vol3/iss2/6
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