Alice M. Baskous is a graduate of Hunter College, The City University of New York, in Manhattan, a French Language and Culture major who has graphomania and loves singing. A resident of New Jersey, she commutes every day to Manhattan Island in order to work, pray at a local downtown Hare Krishna temple, study foreign languages in quiet corners, and appreciate all the wonderful places the city has to offer. She spends several hours daily reading up on world news and writing in her diary, which she would also like to publish sometime after the winter of 2014.