Week 5 for Chautauqua but Week 1 for Me!
I found a lot of peace walking around Chautauqua and taking moments to myself.
Ren Solis Roman '27 is one of two Cornell students selected through a competitive application process to intern at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Ren is participating in a four week-long workshops covering various aspects of the creative writing process. She is also contributing to public events as a docent for the Poetry Maker Space at Chautauqua, providing curatorial and administrative support for events organized by Chautauqua Literary Arts, and performing duties related to the organization’s publications and social media.
I found a lot of peace walking around Chautauqua and taking moments to myself.
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Major(s): English; Creative Writing, Philosophy
Hello! I am a first-generation Mexican American student at Cornell College. I am a Posse scholar, meaning I received a competitive full-tuition leadership award to attend Cornell. My parents are from Zacatecas Mexico and I am their third child of five. Of my family, I am the first to go to college out of state. I enjoy reading more than I enjoy anything else, and am working on my first novel “Reflections”.
I am hoping that being surrounded by other writers will help me build a better understanding and community of writers and the impact we can have in society. I wish to build my confidence in my own writing and the process that it takes me to get there. Being at Chautauqua will better prepare me to adapt to new environments, and other modes of thinking in such a creative field. My ultimate goal is to celebrate writing and literature, and to help re-establish its importance in a time that is trying to erase it.