{"id":14,"date":"2023-07-20T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:31:08","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Who am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/fall-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" style=\"width:324px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/fall-day.jpg 480w, https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/fall-day-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/coffee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649\" style=\"width:264px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/coffee.jpg 480w, https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/coffee-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hi! I\u2019m Lyric Howard. I have moved over 12 times so honestly; I could not say where I\u2019m truly from.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent the last five years in Moline, which is also known as the Quad cities. To truly know me is to know this quote \u201cYou may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I\u2019ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I&#8217;ve got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs\u201d (Maya Angelou)? This quote has been what I depend a lot of my life on. I want to rise in times of struggle and dance as if no one is watching. I want to make an impact on SIUE while I am here. One of my biggest missions is to make Black women feel seen and heard in our community. I also plan on majoring in Electrical Engineering with a minor in ASL and math. I want to eventually have my face all over the Tech industry so people that look like me know they can also achieve their dreams. I\u2019m expected to graduate in 2028. I love to write poetry. It helps me express my feelings if I write them in a way that only I truly understand. I also love reading and going on hikes. Connecting with nature always makes me feel one with myself, and I love a good playlist. Music is a connection to the soul it also helps that my name is a big part of music. I\u2019m extremely excited to grow in Codes and hopefully make an impact during the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" datatext=\"\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hozier - Wildflower and Barley\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_d-2LDxafF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A song that represents me <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I\u2019m Lyric Howard. I have moved over 12 times so honestly; I could not say where I\u2019m truly from.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent the last five years in Moline, which is also known as the Quad cities. To truly know me is to know this quote \u201cYou may shoot me with your words, you may cut<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Who am I?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/lyric-howard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}