Serena Gaylord is an emerging writer from California's Bay Area. Aside from graduating this June to move on to study Behavioral Science & creative writing at Pitzer college, she plans on hiking every trail in Northern California and finally finding the funkiest pair of overalls!

YOUTH PORTFOLIO

Backstage

By SERENA GAYLORD

The only life in sight: the “E” flashing in the exit sign a few feet above my eye line.