Audrey Im
she/her • Bay Area & Los Angeles
I am a writer and editor using my words to excavate the core messages within music, poetry, and our beautiful quotidian lives.
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Whenever I sit down to ramble onto the page it’s because someone else’s message has touched me, whether it be lyrics of a K-pop hit, professions from a demagogue, or a hug from a lover. Writing connects me to other people’s minds, allows them to connect with me. Lets me mold my raw, intangible emotions into something more concrete — something people can see and feel for themselves.
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My writing traverses several mediums: blog posts, poetry, songwriting, Tweet-drafting, to name a few. All of these forms challenge me to express myself in varying degrees of complexity, and each reveals life’s beautiful intricacies to me. At its core, writing is communication, and I hope to impart my endless excitement and love on others through my works.
But writing cannot be enjoyed if it cannot be easily shared. As a writer, I prioritize whittling away convoluted barriers to make my work as unequivocal as possible.
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Professionally, I work as the copy chief of UCLA’s BruinLife, the student media organization that produces the university yearbook. Here, I help other writers make their articles digestible and train other copy editors on how to make writing more succinct. Additionally, I currently intern for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences as a DEIA intern, drafting summaries and blog posts about federal work for employees and the general public to reference.
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All of my writing experiences have helped me figure out more of what I value and who I want to be; I hope my work can help you do the same.
