Trinidadian-American poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer and educator
According to Wikipedia, Lauren K. Alleyne is a Trinidadian-American poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer and educator born and raised in the dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Biography In 1997, Alleyne moved to the United States to begin her undergraduate studies in Radiologic Science and Nuclear Medical Technology at St. Francis College in New York. It was not until her junior year that she decided to shift her focus towards English, then graduated with honors from St. Francis College with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. In 2002, she received her Masters of Fine Arts in English with an emphasis on creative writing from Iowa State. Finally, in January 2006, she received her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, as well as a graduate certificate in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality studies from Cornell University.
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