Interview with Donna Brown

Interview with Donna Brown

This spring Aulora Cluff, who is majoring in Early Childhood Care and Education on the Sierra Vista campus, interviewed Donna Brown, who is also a student on the Sierra Vista campus, about her experiences in designing the Mirage.

Aulora Cluff: Can you tell me what ENG 257 is about? What are some of the things you learn while producing the magazine?

Donna Brown: It is a mixture of a lot of things. It is being able to combine art and writing and to create with them together. I have never worked with anything that required design until this class. It would be good to have some experience, but this is the class to help you learn and gain knowledge and experience.

Cluff: What kinds of assignments do you have in here?

Brown: There are only two real assignments. One is to analyze a photograph and the second is to analyze a piece of writing. Other than that, the class is mostly working on the Mirage.

Cluff: What’s been your favorite part of the project so far?

Brown: It has been less of a class and more of an internship. Producing the magazine is less of an assignment and more of wanting to make a high quality magazine.

Cluff: How do you think this class will benefit you in the future?

Brown: It’s very beneficial to see the project manifest itself and to see the success of my work. It is not just a small project. The magazine is a large project, and you get to create it.