Maha El Ouaer is a 19 year old college student from Tunisia, North Africa, who moved to the United States when she was 11. She started learning English when she first arrived in California and from then on she continued to learn and be fascinated by the language. Now she is in college and majors in both French and Psychology. "Memories, Don't leave me behind" is the first book she wrote, and it was written over the span of 4 years. It details the experiences she lived through, the friends she created and the memories she wants to hold onto from those moments that passed.