SandScript 2023 [Digital Exclusive]

Digital Edition Bios
Acacia Chambers
Is a young up-and-coming author. She graduated high school a year early and is pursuing a
bachelor’s degree in Creative Media and Film. Chambers was published in the Library of Poetry’s
poetry collection Resilience 2022 at the age of seventeen. Shortly after, she self-published her first
book, Learning to Love, on Amazon. She is currently working on publishing its sister book and a
short story compilation book. She’s honored to be included in Sandscript 2023
Alex Washburn
Was born and raised in Tucson and graduated from Mountain View High School. Then,
they attended Grand Canyon University as a History for secondary education and bowled
on their collegiate team. It was then that Alex started to draw as a way to keep from
overthinking during bowling tournaments. Eventually, Alex ended up at Pima to pursue
their interest in making video games, where they took art classes at Pima and fell in love
with art.
Amanda Rigby-Vasquez
(She/Her) hails from Modesto, California. She was in the US Navy for five years and then
decided to return to school. She struggled to decide what to major in for years before deciding
to go into healthcare because nutrition is important. One of her electives was poetry writing,
and it made her fall in love with writing all over again. She would very much like to thank
Maggie Golston, her poetry professor, for encouraging her and giving her an opportunity to
better herself and her writing.
Ann Gonzalez
Grew up in Tucson and is interested in the nature, biotic and abiotic, of the Sonoran Desert.
She fulfilled a lifetime goal of learning photography after retiring from public school teaching
and uses it to share her interest in the beauty of her natural surroundings. This piece is a
cyanotype print of a digital photograph made while volunteering at a historic ranch that has
been converted into a therapeutic facility for service members with PTSD.
Ariel Varela Herrera
Ariel is graduating from Pima this semester with an AA in English Concentration and recently
became a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society member. She is transferring to Grand Canyon
University next semester to pursue a BA in Professional Writing for New Media. Her hobbies
include baking, gardening, cooking, playing violin, and spending time with family.
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