Meet Tracey Taylor

Tracy Taylor
Tracy Taylor is an English major here at Frostburg State University. Tracy is 34 years old, a single mom, and a current resident of Frostburg. Tracy’s concentration is in Creative Writing, and for good reason. Tracy has had lots of experiences to write about, having lived in nine different states thus far, including California and Montana. She was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia and graduated high school from Chesapeake High School in Essex, MD in 1993. But as Tracy says, “If I told you in which order I lived in all those states and why, you would have way more information than what you need.”

Now, when asked what her favorite place to live was, Tracy replied, “Baltimore, because a lot of my friends are there.” However, Baltimore has not always been kind to Tracy, as she goes on to explain one of the scariest moments of her life. “I was in a bad neighborhood one night, and as I was walking down the street a guy came up to me and put a gun in my ribs and asked for all my money. Luckily I was able to get away.”

Ms. Taylor goes on to explain how she simply took off running after she told the man she did not have any money to give him. As she came to the next intersection a few good Samaritans noticed she was frightened and in a panic and they willingly gave her a ride back to her car that was parked several blocks away.

It is a good thing she was able to escape, because Tracy has a 16 year old daughter and a 9 year old son that she has to take care of. Tracy is a caring mother. She lights up when she quickly talks about her kids. “My kids are brats sometimes, but I still love ‘em and I manage to get all my work done.”

Tracy is aspiring to become a professional writer, either as a journalist or a fiction writer. However, she is still a student and makes mistakes as all student writers do, but when she does, she turns to her father who is a successful playwright. Her father lives in Ohio, and when Tracy runs into a problem, she communicates with him via e-mail to see if she is doing things the right way.

If creative writing does not work out, Tracy says she would like to be a teacher of English; and with two students of her own at home, she will have plenty of time to practice.