A reading of student work by Kebbeh Jallah and Winnie Godi.
Writers Biographies:
Kebbeh Jallah is currently attending North Hennepin and
majors in Creative writing. She's in the process of being done with her program
and will graduate in May. She's hoping once she's done with school, she can
start her writing journey in non-fiction. Although for the past few semesters
she's been taking fiction classes to expand her version for the future. Her
main goal is to create awareness within her pieces to help those who need
it.
Winnie Godi was born in
Kampala, Uganda and raised in Rochester, MN. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from
Augsburg University in International Relations and Gender, Sexuality, and
Women’s Studies with a minor in Peace and Global Studies. She has worked in
education for the last seven years in many roles including as an Equity
Specialist in Rochester, an African History and Geography Teaching Fellow in
Gaborone, Botswana, and a Kindergarten Teacher in Nairobi Kenya. She is
currently completing an English Teaching Assistantship with The Fulbright
Program in Kigali, Rwanda, where she teaches English comprehension through
drama at Apacope School and the U.S. Embassy Rwanda American Center. Winnie is
also a student at Rochester Community and Technical College, Anoka-Ramsey, and
North-Hennepin community colleges where she is taking classes to expand her
knowledge and skills in the fine arts. Her love and passion for acting and
storytelling have led her to creative writing. Winnie writes short and
flash-fiction stories, poems, essays, song lyrics, and plays. In her free time,
she enjoys traveling, art events, cooking, and reading.