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Nicole Miranda

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Bio

I'm currently a junior in high school and an accomplished student. I'm in the Virtual Business class and part of many clubs such as D&D. I like writing and drawing and hope to possibly make them a part of my career.

Education

Centennial High School

High School
2023 - 2026

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Bachelor's degree program

  • Majors of interest:

    • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
    • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
    • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
    • Agricultural Business and Management
    • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Writing and Editing

    • Dream career goals:

      Create a publishing company

      Arts

      • ICES

        Theatre
        We're All In This Together (Original Musical), Thank You For the Music (Original Musical)
        2018 – 2019

      Public services

      • Volunteering

        Virtual Enterprise Club — Trash Collector
        2024 – Present

      Future Interests

      Advocacy

      Volunteering

      Philanthropy

      Entrepreneurship

      CREATIVE. INSPIRED. HAPPY Mid-Career Writing Scholarship
      Writing is an exhilarating experience. There's so much fun in complex world-building, plot-making, and character development. I began writing in sixth grade for the enjoyment of changing the endings of my favorite shows and media, but soon it became my artistic expression that I would hone for years. Writing helped me throughout emotionally excruciating times. I won't get into the personal details. It would feel as if I were to expose a very messy and raw side of myself, but to summarize, I made poems and short stories based on small concepts such as burnout, lethargy, and anguish. I found that the solemn short stories and poems were cathartic, soothing my woes like a balm to a gushing wound. I also adored taking inspiration from Romantic Era writings because they resonated with my writing style, and it sparked my interest in publishing my works. Once I got better, I decided to expand on writing through my schoolwork. I enrolled in advanced classes such as Pre-Honors English, Gate, and AP English during high school. My objective was to keep honing my writing and learn other forms such as argumentative essays to build on my experience with plot-making. I also joined a creative writing club that didn't last long because they didn't hold meetings that often. I've also reached out to newspapers and magazines to publish my works. I'm also looking to join writing competitions once my financial situation gets better. Once I graduate high school, I hope to become a renowned author or journalist. Other than that, I adore using my writing capabilities to help my peers and friends. I occasionally proofread and offer feedback for essays and CERs to my peers to meet the rubric's criteria. However, I get to exercise my technique and display my experience when it comes to making D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) campaigns. I taught the DMs (Dungeon Masters; think of them as the narrator) how to make stories to keep their players engaged while also ensuring that they don't abandon the campaign, a common problem due to too much improvisation. It's called "sandwiching", and you do it by having a beginning and an ending to act as the bread of your story. Everything else that you put in between will be the rising actions, climax, and falling action. They found it very helpful. Since writing is a big part of myself, and since I'm in the Virtual Business course at my school, I'm working on making a company with affordable editorial and marketing services. Though, I know that's not always promised with AI threatening the livelihood of writing, I need to stretch myself out and seize every opportunity I come across.