Brown and Phillips said their age made them feel out of place when they first enrolled in the Odyssey Project more than a decade ago. The younger students seemed to be more advanced in their learning, they explained, but coming back through Odyssey Senior has strengthened them and energized their desires to write.
“I’ve always been a writer, a reader, a spokesperson, a storyteller. I’m the funniest person in the family,” Phillips said. “Being in this class is has just built me.”