About Me




Alyxandra is a writer in her early twenties. She is an essayist, poet, and fiction writer. She studied creative writing at Hamline University and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband Taylor and her dying plants.

 More odd pieces of information:
  • Biracial (Khmer and European roots)
  • Home schooled K-12
  • First favorite author: Ted Dekker
  • Current favorite author: Joan Didion
  • Married? 2015. I was 19.
  • No children
  • Full name: Alyxandra Sarik Sego. A.S.S is my initials, thanks to my hubby.
  • Maiden name: Pal, which comes from India and means "cow herder"
Loves to:
  • cook
  • travel
  • hike
  • watch Netflix
  • attend spoken word poetry
  • drink sweet wines
  • put ice cream in my espresso
  • loiter in coffee shops and hide in libraries
Dreams:
  • Travel the world for a year when I pay off my loans
    • Can't decide if I want to do it through backpacking, van life, or sailing.
  • Get published in something fancy like The New Yorker
  • Have a garden that doesn't die
  • Build my own tiny house
  • Retire and write until I die

The end.





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