Hello to all the people of the internet. I am Blake, though my legal name is Jeffrey Gao. I am a New York native, and graduated from high school in 2019. I first attended Emory University in Atlanta for 4 years, until the strain became too much and I transferred home to CCNY.

I was and still am a Bio major on a premed track. I disliked English classes, so instead I took research and history classes to get writing credits. That led to so many high-level history courses that I almost qualified for a history double major, though by then the stress was too much for me to complete a dissertation.

This is my digital portfolio for Professor Zayas’ ENG 21003 Class.