My name is Rachel Yun, and I am a junior at Yale University, studying English in the Creative Writing Concentration, aspiring for a double major in Film and Media Studies.

I have been practicing creative writing since elementary school, sometime right around when Patricia Polacco spoke at an assembly. At the end, she encouraged every student to approach her, and make a wish on a chunk of a meteorite that landed in her yard. I was so nervous asking for an autograph that I forgot to make a wish—but I did get a “Patricia Polacco 2015,” signed on the back of a notebook I carried around. Small wins.

My earlier, shorter works, dating back to 2021, can be viewed on Instagram, on my writing account, @morsqode.