Riley is double majoring in Anthropology and English at Sewanee: The University of the South. At her homeschool Riley is very involved, being a part of the Crafting Guild and the Volleyball Club. She also works as an illustrator for her school’s newspaper while also re-learning the violin and teaching herself ASL. While abroad, she got to fulfill learning about her personal interest of Celtic studies and early modern Irish history at the University of College Cork.