ESP Biography



VIOLET CATO, CS Student, Omni-nerd, Aspiring Renaissance Woman



Major: Not available.

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: Not available.

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Greetings Programs!

I'm Violet Zara Cato. I occupy that little space in the center of a triple Venn (sorry Euler) diagram charting nerds, geeks, and dorks. Fiend for knowledge and learning, lover of libraries, voyager of Wikipedia. Indecisive biography writer.

Former ESP student!

Still trying to beat NetHack...



Past Classes

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H15918: My Short Story in HSSP Spring 2024 (Mar. 02, 2024)
Writing a story is something they really do not teach you because the writing of a short story is creative. That being said there are tools of the trade. And that's this class: openings, Chekhov's Gun, plot, Drawing Characters. Story writing takes time. Continue here.


H15919: ABCs of D&D in HSSP Spring 2024 (Mar. 02, 2024)
The goal of this course is to play some Dungeons & Dragons, and learn while doing it! We'll be playing D&D 5E (Fifth Edition), and talking about literature and math. More specifically, Game Theory - the study of playing games and making smart decisions, and World-building, the art of inventing compelling fictional worlds.


Z15642: It isn't a dungeon, it is an underground, fortified, defense installation. in HSSP Summer 2023 (Jul. 09, 2023)
What is role-playing? It is a group activity we you and your friend take on roles of characters to advance a plot. But there are things that you learn in class such as worldbuilding, statistics, and game theory. This is a chance to have fun and learn things as well. This session will be for Dungeons and Dragons 5e and a world called "Archipelago."


H15644: This is Freetrader Beowolf in HSSP Summer 2023 (Jul. 09, 2023)
What is role-playing? It is a group activity we you and your friend take on roles of characters to advance a plot. But there are things that you learn in class such as worldbuilding, statistics, and game theory. This is a chance to have fun and learn things as well. This session will run Classic Traveller during the Third Imperium ca. 1105.