WRITING CENTER BIOS SPRING 2022:
Natalie Atkosh (Tutor) is a senior at IUN majoring in Public Affairs with an environmental policy concentration. Over the summer, Natalie interned with Shirley Heinze Land Trust to record forestry data. At Shirley Heinze’s Meadowbrook property, she was tasked with mapping plots and recording tree species and diameter data within each plot. Similarly, Natalie was also responsible for inventorying the canopy cover on the IUN campus during the summer. For IUN, she recorded tree species, heights, diameters, and health conditions. Currently, Natalie is working to create educational modules covering environmental topics for the Office of Sustainability at IUN. In the future, Natalie aims to become a grant writer with a focus on environmental conservation projects. She loves cats and classic rock.
Aidan Aubuchon (Tutor) was born and raised in Northwest Indiana and is a senior double majoring in English and Psychology. He began his educational journey at Indiana University Northwest in the Fall of 2019. Spurred by the belief that mental health and those struggling with it should be addressed in our culture through a more nuanced and serious understanding of mental illness and what it means to be different, he plans to pursue a PhD in the field of clinical psychology after he graduates. In the meantime, he is excited to help anyone hone and focus their writing because, for Aidan, writing is a great way to relax, learn, understand oneself, and because there is always room for improvement.
Brianna Nichols (Tutor) is a graduate student in the MLS program at IUN. On campus she is part of TBD Rewind Podcast group and Spirits, IUN’s Art and Literary journal. As a writer and future educator, Brianna hopes to make creative writing more inclusive to writers of color. Brianna’s passion project for the semester is to create a collection of short stories that can be read or listen to through a podcast.
Bianca Roman (Student Director) is a junior at IU Northwest. She is a Communications major with minors in English and Women’s and Gender Studies. As a tutor at the Writing Center, she hopes to help students feel more confident and comfortable with their writing. She has been a tutor since January of 2021. Bianca is passionate about the power of communication and writing. She spends her free time journaling and writing movie reviews. Ultimately, she would like to pursue a career in writing for film and television.
