Rodayna is a new member with HCCU this year. She is a student at the University of Colorado Boulder where she is majoring in International Relations with a focus on the region of the Middle East and Africa and minoring in Arabic. She has been working as a bookseller for 2 years and has always had a passion for both reading and writing. Her areas of interest as a writer include entertainment and media, creative writing and politics as it pertains to her perspective as an immigrant who grew up in the United States.
Away from writing, Rodayna can usually be found indulging in one too many cups of coffee while hiding with a book, hiking, spending time with her family and friends, or rewatching Star Wars or Lord of the Rings for the millionth time.