Ann Marie Tran

College: UC Santa Cruz
Major: Double Major in Sociology and History of Art & Visual Cultures; Minor in Education
Graduation Date: 2014

Ann Marie Tran rarely knows what to do with herself. At some traumatic point in her life she developed a rare phobia for harmless animals. The unpredictable navigation of a darting butterfly kills a little part of her soul each time she encounters the treacherous creature. The biology of a fish seems unreal to her and leaves her gasping for air while hyperventilating in fear. As a child her favorite ice cream flavor was bubblegum because it looked nice. In reality it was a hassle - no child can fit that many bubblegum candy in her mouth without choking nor can any child resist attempting to create the largest bubblegum bubble just to see if it the remnants of bubble gum would cover the entire room after popping. At age 20 society and biology told her that she had to grow up - she became lactose intolerant. Ann Marie will forever regret wasting her years on bubblegum when there could have been more ice cream in her tummy/life. She hopes to spread her wisdom to whoever will listen/read about pressing issues regarding the validity of butterfly-phobias, fish-phobias, and years wasted on bubblegum.