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Karolina R.C. Philmon is a coffee enthusiast and an aspiring Broadcast Journalist. She currently lives in Macon, Georgia with her husband, her two Shih-Tzu puppies, Thumley and Lux, and a new addition, a newborn daughter named Elliana Maria Philmon. Karolina became a mother for the first time to her daughter on December 5, 2019. She's a full-time employee at a local Macon, Bibb County bank. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of a literary magazine, The Fall Line Review at Middle Georgia State University. She also holds the position of Head Writer of the student-led newspaper, The Statement at Middle Georgia State University. Karolina attends courses toward her degree completion during her lunch-break at the bank.

= Early Life = Karolina was born in Glogow, Poland on March 19, 1986. She was raised by her grandmother until she was six years old. She emigrated to Garfield, New Jersey in 1992 where she met her parents for the first time. She completed her elementary studies and began high school in Garfield before moving to Elmwood Park, New Jersey where she continued and completed her high school education. She graduated from Garfield High School (2005) in the top-ten of her class and with high Honors. In 2008, Karolina moved to Macon, Georgia where she currently resides, met her husband, and began a family.

= Undergraduate Education = Karolina currently attends Middle Georgia State University (2014-present) in Macon, Georgia where she is a senior earning a Bachelor of Arts in New Media & Communications with a minor in Creative Writing. She began her college career at Montclair State University (2005-2008) in Montclair, New Jersey majoring in Mass Media Communications. She transferred to Georgia College and State University (2008-2010) in Milledgeville, Geogia when she moved down to the South and declared her major as New Media and Communications. She continued in her major of studies once she transferred to Middle Georgia State University in 2014. She will earn her Bachelor of Arts on May 7, 2020.

= Awards and Recognition = One of Karolina's greatest accomplishments include attaining her United States citizenship in November of 2013. With that, she had written a short memoir of her experience titled, “How I Almost Got Deported,” where it was awarded first place "Best Paper" at the 2018 annual Middle Georgia State University (MGSU) Undergraduate Conference and in turn published in MGSU’s Knighted, An Interdisciplinary Journal. She has been active in covering local stories that landed on the front page of MGSU's student-led newspaper, The Statement. She attained the position of Head Writer for The Statement in Spring of 2019. Karolina is a poet and literary prose writer with two poems published in MGSU's literary magazine, The Fall Line Review. Her poems are titled "Coffee Beans" (2017) and "Elvis Speaks to His Dead Twin" (2017). Her short memoir was also published in The Fall Line Review in 2018. She attained her position of Editor-in-Chief for the literary magazine in Spring of 2019.

Karolina has been an active volunteer with the American Heart Association (2014-present) in honor and memory of her late father, Miroslaw Cieslak. She was awarded Top Walker five years in a row at the Central Georgia Heart Walk. In 2018 she was recognized as the City-Wide Executive Challenge Member.

= Recognition and Association External Links =


 * 2019 American Heart Walk Campaign. #KingCieslak
 * Central Georgia AHA community recognition.
 * The Fall Line Review direct website.
 * Knighted, An Interdisciplinary Journal (2018) containing "How I Almost Got Deported."
 * MGSU Student Media with The Statement and The Fall Line Review.