Sights through Poetry: Volume I (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780984268429)

Aliyah Rana' was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in August of 1989. She was raised in the small, rural town of Jonesville, South Carolina. There she lived mostly with her grandmother, mother, and uncle. After her freshman year of high school, Aliyah moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where her mother and father remarried. While completing her high school career in Rock Hill, she discovered her liking for writing when she inadvertently enrolled in a journalism course. She eventually became the editorial editor for the school's newspaper. After high school she entered Winthrop University as a journalism major. She later changed her major to English as her interest in creative writing grew. At Winthrop, she discovered her natural talent for writing poetry while completing a poetry course. She is currently a senior at Winthrop University and spends her free time writing poetry and songs.