Afreen Masood is a fourth year student in the Visual and Critical Studies Program. She was one of the recipients of the 2021 VCS Writing Awards, and has also had her work published in the 2022-2023 Journal of Visual and Critical Studies. Afreen has a passion for reading, writing and research, and her research interests lie in pre-modern artworks and artifacts. Afreen has also had the pleasure to guide other students in their research and writing endeavors through her role at the Writing and Learning Centre at OCAD University.