Academic Works

I like to think of myself as a proficient writer. Here are some college level essays that I’m proud of, written during my time at Berkshire Community College:

Braiding Sweetgrass Lyford-1

The prompt for this essay was to pick a passage from the assigned book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer, as well as a quote from one of the context materials provided and discuss their importance. This book was incredibly special to me, and I put a lot of care into this essay to reflect that.

Anya Lyford Fall Conservation Project-2

This was a more informal piece, explaining the reasoning and procedure for my final project in my class Conservation of Natural Resources. This essay as well as the steps I took for the experiment itself show my attention to detail.

The following project was my semester long final project for my Liberal Arts Capstone class. It was a culmination of my efforts and knowledge gained from my previous classes. Here are the paintings and accompanying explanations:

Solarpunk Paintings

SolarPunk Lyford