Because I am pursuing a college degree at the end of my career, before I graduated from Whatcom Community College,in Bellingham, Washington, I worked in the Whatcom Community College writing center for several years, helping all kinds of students as they struggled with their writing. Of particular interest to me were the English As A Second Language (ESL) students. I even helped an older Afghani student with reading comprehension so he could study and pass his citizenship tests. At the moment, I am making myself available to students in my classes to encourage them with their writing and answer questions about what its like to be a professional writer.