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By Sarah Wright
I am a typical lifelong learner and Mount Airy native. After stints in investments in Massachusetts, medical research in Rhode Island, and grad school for an MFA in Creative Writing in fiction in Los Angeles, I returned home.
I knew early in my career in investments that I wanted to work with college students. At that time, I began managing our formal college internship program and college partnerships. Going home to share my love for and power in writing with students who shared a similar background seemed ideal. My goals were simple: help students become better writers, see the value in writing, and know a big world exists outside of the area—if I could go see it, they could too.
I spent 14-years teaching at Surry Community College. The last four have been spent teaching English, serving also as the lead instructor of languages and humanities—managing the Community Spanish Interpreting program, among others. My work also included being the leader of International Education and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on campus.
I studied political science and history with a concentration in African Studies (sub-Saharan political systems) as an undergraduate at East Carolina. I also hold an MFA in creative writing- fiction from Antioch University Los Angeles and an MS in Political Science and a certificate in National Security and Intelligence from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. In May, I will complete my doctorate in Educational Leadership from East Carolina. Go Pirates! My research focuses on access and completion of Latinx students through culturally responsive support in rural community colleges. In my free-time, I enjoy spending time and playing sports with my godsons, keeping in touch with my former students, assisting in the Latinx Community, and traveling, of course.
I’ve been here two days, and I have a lot to learn, but I’m positive I’m exactly where I should be.
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