Catie Leebrick, born and raised on the central coast of California, graduated from Oregon State University in 2025 with a degree in Spanish. She is currently in her first semester of the MAGC program at AUP where she is on the Peacock Plume board as the Grad Digital Media Editor-in-Chief. She is pro Oxford comma and will write about anything as long as she thinks it's cool (international relations, sports, film, and Gen Z culture/commentary).