WHEN I WAS A KID, I HAD BIG DREAMS. I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, AN ACTRESS, A SINGER, AND A BASKETBALL PLAYER (AN AMBITIOUS ASPIRATION FOR SOMEONE WHO STOPPED GROWING AT 5 FEET AND CAN BARELY DRIBBLE A BALL). THEN, I FOUND WRITING AND LEARNED I COULD BE ANYTHING I WANTED THROUGH MY IMAGINATION. I WENT TO THE MOON, ON A JOURNEY WITH A RAISIN, AND ON ADVENTURES WITH MY PET CROCODILE. WRITING GAVE ME CONFIDENCE I ONLY DREAMED OF HAVING, AND I'VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH WORDS EVER SINCE.