Aimie McAllester

Aimie McAllester (also known as Sylvia Rose) was born in Houston, but raised in East Texas. Her childhood was largely shaped by her severely autistic, non-verbal brother, as the entire family had to learn to adapt to abnormal stresses that most families would never think of. She used music and writing to cope, and is now looking to finish her undergraduate degree in psychology with a minor in English. Following graduation, she hopes to go to graduate school and get her counseling license, then go to medical school for psychiatry. In her free-time, she likes to hyper-fixate on various topics in extensive detail (ranging from pharmacology to airplane accident investigations to whatever else might pique her interest) and prefers to spend as much time as she can with two cats and precious puppy-dog named Honey. She is currently working on a poetry chapbook featuring poems that touch on mental health and creativity.