Get to know Eliza Moore
Eliza Moore is a junior double majoring in English and journalism at Mercer University. She is a storyteller, writer, and photographer working towards a career as a journalist and author. She greatly enjoyed her time working with Macon Magazine as an editorial intern and will be studying English literature in London this spring.
- Who do you admire and why?
I admire journalists and writers like Samantha Powers and Joan Didion because of their pursuit of truth and unique style. They’re whose words inspired change across the nation and the world.
- Best advice you have received:
“You can never be too ambitious, as long as you don’t let it take your joy away.”
- What I love most about Macon is _.
The people you get to know and the sense of community. Once you start looking, you’ll never run out of places to explore or events to attend.
- What the world needs is more __.
Empathy
- What do you wish more people understood about young people?
If you give us a chance to learn and a safe space to make mistakes and ask questions, we will excel.
- Salty or sweet?
Sweet
- Guilty pleasure?
Ignoring work to read books while drinking a cup of coffee in my apartment.
- What is your favorite book?
This year’s favorite was Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
- Favorite writer?
I think I will always say the poet Mary Oliver because of the impact she had on my writing and life when I was young.
- To me, success means:
I am doing meaningful work that I am proud of. I’m challenged and constantly learning.
- I’m exceptionally good at:
Predicting what my friends will say before they say it
- I’d like to become better at:
Maps, directions, and geography
- What talent would you like to have?
The ability to fall asleep anywhere (it’s a talent)
- What three qualities matter most in life?
Loving yourself, loving others, loving the world
- What do you consider your greatest achievement?
I’m most proud of my writing and curiosity for life. I believe nothing on my resume is my greatest achievement; instead, I would say: being a good friend, daughter, sister, and partner to those I love.
- You are walking up to a group of people who are talking about you. What is it that you would hope they are saying about you?
She inspires me.
- What is the best thing you have seen or heard lately?
Fashion advice from a friend: “Life is too short not to wear your funkiest earrings.”
- Three songs in heavy rotation on your playlist?
“All My Love” by Noah Kahan
“I Wanna Be Yours” by the Artic Monkeys
“Saturdays” by Twin Shadow
- Something better in theory than in practice:
Getting up early
- What I know for sure:
Life is short and very beautiful. As Mary Oliver said, “Impermanence is the very fragrance of our days.”
