3rd grade. Memphis, TN..
Biography
Stephanie was born in Kansas with access to a communal tornado shelter where she dreamed mostly about aliens and dinosaurs. Her grandfather granted life to the acting bug within her that lie dormant while her brother booed in the corner. Thankfully her father chose Memphis over Lincoln when presented with a job transfer, and the performance driving parasite within her took over enabled by the Ewing Children's Theatre, now defunct (though it lives on within the hearts of many former youths). Transposed to the South, their diet of French fries, fish sticks, snack cakes, and canned corn stayed pertinent and their fear of coleslaw was heightened. Her formative writing years began shut inside her room in the Memphis suburb of Raleigh, responding to Edgar Allen Poe and Radiohead lyrics. A completely irresponsible decision led her to the NYU Tisch School of the Arts for Acting, which she quickly abandoned and went on to receive her BA in Psychology, with a minor in Fine Arts in 2005.
Years spent almost exclusively and obsessively pondering human motivation, personalities, and spontaneous speech have finally proven most applicable in Stephanie's poetry.
Stephanie is a writer and actress, and the Administration Director of Schools That Can, a national nonprofit network of high-performing urban independent, faith-based, charter and district schools operating in low-income communities. She lives in Brooklyn.
The views expressed here are her own, and not necessarily those of her employer.