Welcome Hampshire College! My name is Talia Goodman. I love writing and painting. I am driven by a passion to create and tell stories, and by the adversity I have faced as an autistic teenager. This website showcases the best of my art, writing, and other talents. Within these pages you will find a mature, creative, passionate young women with a unique mind and a unique outlook on life. A young women who would like nothing more than to attend Hampshire College and receive the outstanding self-designed education it provides. One where a student is respected as a human being and a seeker of knowledge, rather than as a "child".


I am a firm believer in Hampshire's philosophy. What I want from Hampshire is a college without grades, in order to return to a time when education was about learning, not earning. A college for free-thinkers and those jigsaw-piece students who don't quite fit in the puzzle of the norm. A college for Aspies, for Normies, for anyone who has the passion to learn but doesn't feel the need to make college a competition for superiority.

Resume

TALIA GOODMAN    
Education
Boston Latin School Boston, MA
• Class of 2014
Work Experience

Youth Design Cambridge, MA | Harvard University Press Intern
• Highly selective program; full-time two summer internship
• Improved quality of images slated for publication; designed book covers and jackets; diagnosed image quality; studied typography;  practiced bookbinding; designed social activism advertisement; designed 28 page booklet on experience

• Attended frequent and extensive workshops, meeting professional designers, visiting museums, and learning about the design process

Teen Voices Boston, MA | Teen Editor
• Researched and developed articles for the international feminist magazine, Teen Voices
Jun. 2013-
Present




Oct. 2011-
Aug. 2012
Activities & Volunteer Work Experience

Boston National Poetry Month Festival Boston, MA
• Read original poetry alongside such distinguished poets as Sam Cornish, Afaa M. Weaver, and Judith Steinbergh

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference Boston, MA
• Spoke as a guest panelist on “finding the contemporary in historical fiction for young adults”

MSPCA Boston, MA | Cat Card Scribe and Dog Keeper volunteer
• Evaluate personality of new cats and write artful description cards for potential adopters
• Monitor the dog adoption floor, keeping dogs calm, cleaning cages, and answering questions for the public

Apr. 2013




Mar. 2013



Oct. 2012-
Present
Boston City Singers Dorchester, MA
• Rigorous program in which I train to perform, compete, and excel in singing
• Toured in Maine and Amherst, and to Washington D.C. for the Serenade! Choral Festival

SIG (Summer Institute for the Gifted) Amherst, MA
• Spent three weeks taking rigorous and extremely advanced (for my age) courses in Writing, Astronomy, Zoology, Paleontology, and Algebra.
Jan. 2005-
present

Jul. 2005
Notable Publications & Honors

National Merit Corporation PSAT
• Named a 2013-2014 Commended Student; based on performance on PSAT
Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia Cover Design
Off the Coast Poem | “Blue, Yellow, and Orange”
The Register Poem | “A Sheep’s Fancy”
Boston Public Library 24th Annual Poetry Contest Poem | “Blue, Yellow, and Orange”
• First place winner
The Register Poem | “Chimney, Books, Scraps, Unexpected”
2014

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2013
Teen Voices Magazine Poem | “Patchwork: The Lonely Girl”                 
2012
Training, Certification, Skills
Language: Basic knowledge of Spanish
Technology: Fluent in “Scratch” programming code, proficient in TI-BASIC, basic knowledge of html and Java;  generally a fast learner of basic code for most programs and purposes

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