Tempered Magazine December 2013 // January 2014 // Issue 01 | Page 6

SARA GRAYBEAL ‘10 Heirloom About Sara Sara Graybeal was raised on a vegetable and cattle farm in North Carolina, and spent most of her childhood dodging farm chores in order to write stories. At Macalester she studied Anthropology and Creative Writing, and has spent the three years since graduating teaching creative writing, spoken word, and improv in Ecuador, North Carolina, and Philadelphia. These days she lives in Philly, leading slam poetry workshops, teaching at afterschool programs, and making time to write. In February of 2013, she received the Bob Costas Award for the Teaching of Writing, allowing her to fund the publication of her students’ poetry. 6