Personal Essays

Kimberly Mask

I work in marketing at Florida A&M University. I have been in marketing since 2005, so I have had to do copywriting for my job since then. However, I didn't discover my love for writing until 2018. Since then, I wrote a memoir (unpublished). I want to get better and get feedback from other writers.

I am married and have a 14-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter. 

Leigh Watson Healy

Leigh Watson Healy has written and spoken extensively about outlook and trends as a publishing and media industry consultant. Her 20 years of experience writing fact-based nonfiction shines through Leigh’s personal essays on the importance we place on family and our legacies. Leigh has spent the last three years writing memoir and, most recently, scriptwriting for documentary films about local history. She serves on the Gadsden Arts Center and Museum board and enthusiastically supports art and cultural organizations in the community. Leigh graduated from Emory University with a B.A.