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When I am not working or studying, one of my favorite things to do is go see movies in theaters. In my English classes at UMBC, I helped my peers learn about literary theories by relating the material to popular culture and movies. I hope to one day write a script for a TV show or a movie. My other passion is journalism. I worked at my school's student newspaper for three years and became the Managing Editor my senior year. My favorite part about working as the Managing Editor was that I got to

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I graduated from the maryland">University of Maryland, maryland/baltimore">Baltimore County in May 2012 with two Bachelors degrees in English Literature and Applied Linguistics and a minor in writing. I am currently planning on taking a year off from school to raise money and gain some professional experience in both maryland/maryland/baltimore">baltimore">tutoring and journalism, but I hope to attend graduate school in 2013 to earn my Masters in Journalism. Ultimately, I would like to work for The Onion as either a reporter or an editor.

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