Hi everyone! My name is Nina, I am a fourth year English and Comparative Literature major, however this is only my second year at San Diego State, I transferred here from Southwestern College after earning my Associates for English.

My goal is to finish earning my Bachelors this year and to hopefully enter an MA program next fall. With my degree I’d like to become a High School English teacher, however currently I am working at SeaWorld as an Educator, Narrator and Tour Guide.

I am so excited for this course and am looking forward to visiting special collections, I am glad to have the opportunity to be able to learn not only from Professor Pressman, but also from everybody in the class through these blog posts and group discussions.

Since this is a class all about books, I’d like to recommend my favorite book that I read this summer, Remarkably Bright Creatures, by author Shelby Van Pelt. It is a thoughtful and beautiful book about a Giant Pacific Octopus!