Mieke Eerkens is a Dutch-American writer who grew up in Los Angeles and The Netherlands. Her work has been published in the Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, PEN America, Pank, Guernica, and Creative Nonfiction, among others. She has an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from The University of Iowa. Her debut book is forthcoming from Picador.
As you forge ahead on the journey called elementary school, each of these areas will be instrumental in helping you rocket to prosperity or plummet to repugnant mediocrity.