Profile: PUC student-author
Eric Roldan
Issue date: 3/1/10 Section: News
One PUC senior has written her life story while continuing her journey of success and writing.
LaTonya Hicks is a published author of five books, with a sixth in the works, and a communications senior who will graduate this summer. To date, Hicks has four books of poetry and an autobiography published, with a children's book on the way.
"I'm going to [be an entrepreneur]… eventually," Hicks said. "But right now I'm more at the point where it's like 'I can do this.' 'How do I do this?' 'Who do I need to know?'"
The city of East Chicago will be filming a documentary on her life.
"I want to do that because, where I'm from, the success rate isn't high and with me being the published author of six books by the end of the summer, it's a huge accomplishment for someone only 25 years old," Hicks said.
"It's a different thing to be able to tell somebody what you've been through, but to sit down and to document it and let people actually see your emotions, it gives people a different insight on it," Hicks said.
Hicks believes even if people do not like poetry, people can and will like her writing because of the story behind it.
"This is how I see life and even though my journey has not been easy, I've made it. So you're looking at what I've been through, can you see yourself succeeding?"
Hicks would like to get her message across to the youth of her community.
"I've actually had youth come up to me and tell me 'I want to do this.' 'I want to do that, but I really don't know how,'" Hicks said. "A lot of kids just need the boost, the confirmation that it can be done, and sometimes they don't get it at home or in the communities."
Hicks will be performing one of her poems at Open Mic Night, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday in Calumet Falls.
LaTonya Hicks is a published author of five books, with a sixth in the works, and a communications senior who will graduate this summer. To date, Hicks has four books of poetry and an autobiography published, with a children's book on the way.
"I'm going to [be an entrepreneur]… eventually," Hicks said. "But right now I'm more at the point where it's like 'I can do this.' 'How do I do this?' 'Who do I need to know?'"
The city of East Chicago will be filming a documentary on her life.
"I want to do that because, where I'm from, the success rate isn't high and with me being the published author of six books by the end of the summer, it's a huge accomplishment for someone only 25 years old," Hicks said.
"It's a different thing to be able to tell somebody what you've been through, but to sit down and to document it and let people actually see your emotions, it gives people a different insight on it," Hicks said.
Hicks believes even if people do not like poetry, people can and will like her writing because of the story behind it.
"This is how I see life and even though my journey has not been easy, I've made it. So you're looking at what I've been through, can you see yourself succeeding?"
Hicks would like to get her message across to the youth of her community.
"I've actually had youth come up to me and tell me 'I want to do this.' 'I want to do that, but I really don't know how,'" Hicks said. "A lot of kids just need the boost, the confirmation that it can be done, and sometimes they don't get it at home or in the communities."
Hicks will be performing one of her poems at Open Mic Night, which will be from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday in Calumet Falls.
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