Emily Gutzmer

Uncharted Traits

I was born on the 29th of April to a schoolteacher and a computer programmer in a sleepy, artsy college town in Texas. I grew up quietly, the way shy kids do, and excelled at piano, school, and the local softball league. It was a pragmatic childhood built for learning and college applications. I believed in horoscopes about as adamantly as I believed in my sister’s threats when she was angry at me for something - that is, not at all.