Katie O’Neill: The
Power of Words
By Joel Russ, ENGL
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Katie O’Neill was born 21 years ago in a small town in Cecil County, Maryland called Elkton. She is the oldest child
with 2 younger sisters who might as well be called her best friends. O’Neill came
from a fascinating but “crazy background” where her parents decided to get
married after just 4 weeks of knowing each other. O’Neill is a small town girl
that loves her family more then anything and they are a huge reason why she is
currently pursuing a career in English.
English and the use of words
intrigued O’Neill after spending most if not all of her childhood reading books. In first grade she spent most of her time writing about how much she wanted a cat as a result of that her
parents decided to get her a cat one Christmas. To O’Neill her parents getting her a cat was because of
“the power of words”.
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| Photo courtesy of Ryan Kraus, Katie's boyfriend |
O’Neill started college as a psychology
major but her love for books and words led her back to English. O’Neill could not
get over her love for English, most importantly writing because she felt like
there was so much she could do as a writer as far as making a difference.
O’Neill said that through writing
you can “take someones story and really put it out there and get people to
understand the person you are interviewing; give different perspectives, open
up doors for people and I just think that there is a lot of power in words.”
In hopes for achieving her
career goals of being involved with web content management, O’Neill interned last semester with a small not for profit company called Poets at Work. In her own
words, her time there was spent “helping unify poets and writers globally
through writing contests and retreats.”
While on her internship O’Neill did a lot of writing for a writing retreat that took place in Tuscany, Italy. O’Neill felt like because of common interest she was able to help unify different
writers from all over the world through her internship. Working with so many
foreign writers was fascinating especially the different writing styles. O’Neill will look to learn from this experience and continue to develop as a writer.
Shes currently a sex ed. beat reporter for "The Bottom Line". She also a blogger for www.Sexlovewords.blogspot.com.
Shes currently a sex ed. beat reporter for "The Bottom Line". She also a blogger for www.Sexlovewords.blogspot.com.
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