This is Hal:

• Current copywriting student at the VCU Brandcenter, class of 2026.

• Graduate of the University of Iowa’s creative writing program, class of 2024.

• TV reporter for the Daily Iowan, fall 2023.

• Women’s basketball manager for Loyola Chicago, summer 2023.

• Jimmy Johns employee of the week for 13 consecutive weeks, spring/summer 2021.

• Born in Albuquerque, raised in Seattle, college in Iowa, settled in Chicago, grad school in Richmond.