Sherry

I am a PhD candidate in Classics (Literature and Philology) at Princeton University, focusing in Ancient Greek literature and poetics. I graduated in 2018 with a dual BA/MA in Classics (cum laude with distinction in the major) from Yale University, where I was an opinion columnist for the Yale Daily News. I was born in Taiwan and raised in America, an upbringing which led me to confront early on the joys and challenges of navigating between multiple languages: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, and English. My fascination with English led me to an addiction to Latin in middle school, which predictably threw me into a hopeless passion for Ancient Greek in college, and a side affair with Italian, which I studied at Siena. I tutored and taught both English and Latin throughout high school. I’ve spent several summers in my native Taiwan designing and teaching a college/graduate-level elementary Ancient Greek course (in both Mandarin and English). Someday, I hope to become a professor of Classics and write a novel about my parents’ lives in Taiwan. I’m eager to share my love of languages and literatures, both ancient and modern, with anyone interested.