In 2007, Elena was awarded first place by The Betty Award for her short fiction tale "My Fairy and Me." In 2008, Elena attended Stanford University's EPGY two week resident program in creative writing, participating with 20 other students from all over the world. Her other interests include singing, playing the piano, guitar, bass clarinet and tenor saxophone. Elena started writing her own music compositions at age 10 and aspires to become a musician, songwriter and singer.  Currently, she is an intern with the Girl Scouts Marketing and Communications department as associate editor and feature writer to the Hear & Now Magazine.  

Elena Dreisbach
California, High School

After spending many years as an avid reader, Laura completed her first fiction manuscript at the age of fourteen. She has participated in a National Novel Writing Competition (NaNoWriMo), and is currently writing three fantasy manuscripts. When Laura is not working on her novels, she can be found visiting convalescent homes with her therapy dog, tutoring middle school children, reading the classics, and irritating her older brother with talk of writing. Laura loves teaching others to appreciate the beauty of the written word, and aspires to be an English teacher.