Isabella Roberts expresses her dreams to be a writer and who has influenced her passion.

Starting out with violin, rising senior Isabella Roberts has a passion for music which she hopes to continue into the future. Isabella’s love of music is largely driven by her father as is her love of writing.

“My dad collects records, he’s played the guitar for me my whole life, so I just kind of grew up in that.” Isabella said, followed by, “My dad is also a writer, basically he influenced my whole life. He wrote short stories, but I’ve wanted to be an author since like second grade. I’ve obviously adapted.” 

Authors that have inspired Isabella’s work have primarily been Oceans Long and Richard Siken, due to their primary focus in poetry, which is what Isabella is more prominently drawn to. Poetry gives Isabella a space …
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