Tracy Zeng is a third-year studying Anthropological Linguistics and Hebrew. She is a second-generation Chinese-American, born and raised in San Diego. She grew up at the crossroads of culture: American and Chinese, Sichuanese and Taiwanese, Christian and Budhhist, and so on. These backgrounds inform her research interests. Her research investigates how languages intersect with religion and culture in order to place languages into their sociohistorical contexts. Specifically, she is interested in discourse analysis, semiotics, and translation theory. How do different cultures structure their narratives, and how does this affect meaning and interpretation? Currently, she is studying the Great Isaiah Scroll with regards to the dialogue between the Masoretic text and the Qumran. How do the Qumran and Masoretic scribes interpret their sacred texts, and what does that reveal about their culture? And, what does the culture of the Qumran reveal about the text itself?