Rae Parsons was born in our nation's capital and was raised in the suburbs of the district. She is a high school student and attends St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School. For all of her life, Parsons enjoyed taking art classes and studying fashion. Throughout her first couple of years as a high school student, writing papers and essays was not a strong-suit of hers. However, once she realized she could integrate her creative writing into more formal works, writing became a growing passion of hers. While the grades of her contextual research papers have certainly risen, producing poetry and more imaginative pieces will forever be her favorite.