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JESSICA RINKER | FLASHPOINTS

Jessica Rinker is a sophomore secondary education and English major. She has been an avid reader and hopeless
English geek since a very young age. As she grew up, she learned that imaginary friends are socially unacceptable,
but writing about them as “book characters” is totally cool (it is a writer’s greatest life hack). Although words are
powerful, Jessica believes teaching is even more powerful. She hopes to share her passion for reading and writing
with future middle school students, and more importantly, support them as they pursue their dreams.

KATHRYN ROBENHYMER | LEVIN AT NIGHT, AFTERTASTE, SOMEONE DOMESTICATED FIRE

After earning a BA in English and American literature at the Catholic University of America in 2015, Kathryn
worked as an English Language teacher in Cadiz, Spain, before beginning her graduate studies at Bridgewater State
University. She graduated with an MA in English in 2018 and now works in the Alumni and Development office at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

KAYLA ROY | VINDICTA

Kayla Roy is a new transfer student, coming to Bridgewater State University in her junior year. She is an English and
secondary education double-major, who looks forward to teaching teenagers anything from Chaucer and Beowulf to
Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. She has been writing since she was nine years old and hopes her goal of being a
New York Times Best-Selling Author will one day come true. When she’s not scribbling in a notebook with a cup of
tea somewhere, you can probably find her at the bookstore where she works.

SOPHIA RUSTEMEYER | FADING MEMORIES

Sophia Rustemeyer is a senior at Bridgewater State University majoring in art with a concentration in education.
She is planning on attending the secondary education graduate program in the fall of 2019. Recently her artwork
has been focused on exploring memory and loss, processing the passing of her mother during high school. She
intends to develop her scheme further over the summer of 2018 through a series dedicated to her mother.

NICOLE M. SEELEY | DISAPPOINTMENT

Nicole M. Seeley is a double major in secondary education and studio art with a fine arts concentration. She is
working towards becoming a high school art teacher, and hopefully with all her hard work, she will be able to
become a professor later in life. Nicole M. Seeley is focused on becoming a strong artist, working to share her story,
and to teach others the tools to do the same.

KATIE SHEEHAN | MOSQUITO, NOT MY MONKEY

Katie Sheehan is a freshman planning to study graphic design during her time at Bridgewater State University.
She has aspired to be an artist ever since she was young but it wasn’t until high school that art became her major
focus and she started to develop her skills. Now her primary medium is pen, ink, and pencils using lines, texture,
and shading to show definition. Her pieces of art focus on a more dream-like aspect of the imagination, where she
explores different ideas in a more surreal setting. The subjects are sometimes disturbing, but the viewer is invited
to bring their own interpretation to the meaning of the subjects.

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