Rebecca Watkins is a third-year PhD student in the creative writing program at Florida State University. Rebecca’s primary interest is creative nonfiction and she is currently working on her first essay collection. She holds an M.A. in English from IUPUI and a B.S. in Secondary English Education from Indiana University, Bloomington. Rebecca previously taught high school English in Indianapolis, Indiana. She now resides in Tallahassee, Florida with her tuxedo cat, Charlie Chaps.