Hello! My name is Delinda Souksavath, 21 years old. I am currently an undergraduate student, majoring in English and Comparative Literature. What I hope to do with my education is to become an author. I was born and raised in San Diego, but my parents both come from Laos and immigrated. My mother was a student at SDSU but never got to finish her education, so I am also kind of going to school for her as well.

My hobbies consist of writing the stories I have stuck in my head, taking dance classes, going to the gym, cooking, and playing video games. I currently am obsessed with the game Peak, but I also like playing Marvel Rivals and Minecraft. I honestly like playing video games with friends more than by myself, I feel if I play by myself I kind of go crazy talking to myself.

My relationship with books has been very interesting, as funnily enough, I hated books and reading as a kid. I was a lot slower at learning than the other kids, which reflected in my reading comprehension skills and it frustrated little old me at the time. I had thought reading was no fun, until I discovered A Series of Unfortunate Events and it introduced me to the fiction genre. After that, I got sucked in. After finishing that, I read more of Lemony Snicket’s work and once I went through those I branched out to other books. Now, I love books and reading. With this class, I hope to expand my mind about books as a whole and what they do to our society and the impact they have!