Hi everyone, my name is Adriana Lamour. I was born in a small but beautiful island of Puerto Rico. My family moved to Florida when I was four years old. I grew up in a bilingual home, so when it came to school work I was behind on reading comprehension. It wasn’t until high school when I became fond of reading and began to make connections to the written works. One of these works was The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. In a weird, dark and twisted way I was able to relate to him, which is what made my love for poetry grow. That is when I began to read poems by Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson. Even though the themes and tones were similar, it was all different and unique. The majority of their works were based off of their own experiences with a hint of their creativity mixed in.
While I was taking English Comp II, that is where I discovered my joy for writing. I found myself actually looking forward to and writing essays. Weird, I know! For that, I am always grateful for having the professor I had for that class. He permitted his students to think outside the box, as long as we can back up our ideas with textual evidence. It was always something new, exciting, and fun for me each time I stepped into his classroom. It should’ve been at that moment that I changed my major to Education, but I continued on the Biology track until I transferred to UCF.